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2023 No. 81

National Health Service, England

The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Made

at 12.34 p.m. on 27th January 2023

Laid before Parliament

at 2.30 p.m. on 27th January 2023

Coming into force

18th February 2023

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 175 and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006( 1 ).

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 18th February 2023.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, and apply in relation to England only.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015

2. —(1)The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015( 2 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 13A (persons who make late applications under Appendix EU to the immigration rules)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “Subject to paragraph (4), no” substitute “No” ;

(b) omit paragraph (4);

(c) for paragraph (5) substitute—

“ (5) Where a person has made an application mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or (3)(b) and has received relevant services during the period specified in paragraph (1), if the relevant body—

(a) has made charges for relevant services received during that period, but has not yet recovered them, it must not recover those charges;

(b) has made and recovered charges for relevant services received during that period, it must repay any sum paid in respect of those charges. ” .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Will Quince

Minister of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

At 12.34 p.m. on 27th January 2023

( 1 )

2006 c. 41 . By virtue of section 271(1) the powers of the Secretary of State are exercisable only in relation to England. See section 275(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

( 2 )

S.I. 2015/238 , amended by S.I. 2020/1423 ; there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.

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The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (2023/81)

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