The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) Regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) Omit the definitions of —

• “amount withdrawn;”

• “disabled person’s tax credit;”

• “working families' tax credit;”.

(3) In the appropriate position in alphabetical order, insert the following definitions—

““child tax credit” (“credyd treth i blant”) means child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(1);

“disability element” means the disability element of working tax credit as specified in section 11(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002;

“gross annual income” means income that is calculated for a tax year for the purposes of Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002 in accordance with regulations made under section 7 of that Act;

“local health board” has the meaning assigned to it by section 16BA of the Act(2);

“port” includes an airport, ferry port or international train station in Great Britain from which an international journey begins;

“working tax credit” (“credyd treth i bobl sy'n gweithio”) means working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”.

(4) For the definition of “family” substitute—

““family” has the meaning assigned to it by section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(3) as it applies to income support, except that—

(a)

in regulation (4)(2)(q) it has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(2) of the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002(4);

(b)

in regulation 4(2) (j) and (l) it has the meaning assigned to it by section 35 of the Jobseekers Act 1995(5);

(c)

in regulation 4(2)(o) it means any dependant, as defined in section 94 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(6)who has been included in a claim by an asylum-seeker under Part VI of that Act.”.

(1)

2002 c. 21.

(2)

Section 16BA was inserted by the Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.

(3)

1992 c. 24.

(4)

S.I. 2002/2006.

(5)

1995 c. 18.

(6)

1999 c. 33.