Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal RegulationsI15

1

Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

2

For the opening words of regulation 4 substitute the following —

1

Regulation 3(1) applies —

a

in the case of the charges for dental appliances and dental treatment mentioned in regulation 3(2)(b)—

i

to any person who either, at the time the arrangements for the treatment are made, or at the time the relevant charges are made, is a person described in paragraph (2), and

ii

as respects the course of treatment to which the relevant charges relate;

b

in any other case to any person mentioned in paragraph (2) who, at the time when the relevant charges are made or when the relevant travelling expenses are incurred, is a person described in paragraph (2).

2

The persons described in this paragraph are—

3

In regulation 4(2)—

a

for sub-paragraph (n) substitute the following sub-paragraph—

n

an asylum-seeker for whom support is provided under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; or

b

after sub-paragraph (n) insert the following sub-paragraphs—

o

a member of the same family as a person described in paragraph (n) of this regulation; or

p

a relevant child within the meaning of section 23A of the Children Act 198910 whom a responsible local authority is supporting under section 23B(8) of that Act.

q

a person who is a member of a family—

i

that has a gross annual income of £14,200; and

ii

one member of which is receiving—

aa

working tax credit and child tax credit, or

bb

working tax credit which includes a disability element, or

cc

child tax credit, but is not eligible to receive working tax credit.

c

sub-paragraphs (c), (d), (g) and (h) are omitted.