Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 2251
National Health Service, England
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
20th August 2008
Laid before Parliament
27th August 2008
Coming into force
6th October 2008
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 175 and 272(8) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 6 th October 2008.
(2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of regulation 4 of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989( 2 ).
2. In regulation 4 of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989—
(a) in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (q) insert—
“ , or
(r) who the competent authorities of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings ( 3 ) (in this regulation “the Convention”),
(i) consider that there are reasonable grounds to believe is a victim within the meaning of Article 4 of the Convention, and the recovery and reflection period in relation to him under Article 13 of the Convention has not yet expired; or
(ii) have identified as a victim within the meaning of Article 4 of the Convention. ” ; and
(b) in paragraph (4)(a) after “(j)”omit “or (q)” and insert “, (q) or (r )”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Health
20th August 2008
2006 (c.41) . See section 275(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
S.I 1989/306 , as amended by S.I. 1991/438 , 1994/1535 . 2000/602 , 2004/614 and 696 , 2005/2114 and 2006/3306 .
The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2005(CETS No 197). See http/www. coe.int/trafficking.