The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment of regulation 4

3.—(1) Regulation 4(1) (overseas visitors exempt from charges) of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (l), for “another” substitute “a”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (m), after “member state” insert “or a British citizen”.

(4) For sub-paragraph (o) substitute—

“(o) in whose case the services are provided in circumstances covered by a reciprocal agreement—

(i) with a country or territory specified in Schedule 2; or

(ii) with an EEA state or Switzerland where that agreement is a listed healthcare arrangement; or”.

(5) After sub-paragraph (r) insert—

“(s) who—

(i) is granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor to the immigration rules, and

(ii) in respect of whom a waiver to the immigration health charge applies,

except in the case of relevant services which do not form part of the planned healthcare treatment authorised by that person’s S2 healthcare certificate(1).”.

(1)

An S2 healthcare certificate is issued by an EEA state and Switzerland, and, before it exited the EU, by the United Kingdom. It entitles a person to travel to an EEA state or Switzerland to receive pre-authorised planned treatment on the same basis as the national of that country, with the costs of the treatment being met by the country who issued the S2 healthcare certificate, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 883/2004.