Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations4
1
Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (4).
2
For the heading “Visitors to whom services forming part of health services shall be available”, substitute “Visitors exempt from charges”.
3
For the words “Services forming part of health services shall be available to a visitor” substitute—
1
No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any services forming part of health services provided to a visitor who falls within the following sub-paragraphs—
4
After paragraph (1) insert the following paragraphs—
2
A visitor shall only be exempt from charges to the extent that charges would not be payable by a person ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland.
3
Where a visitor meets the residence qualification in sub-paragraph 1(c) on a date during a course of treatment for which charges could have been made prior to that date no charge shall be made in respect of services received subsequently.
4
Where it is established that a visitor does not meet the residence qualification in sub-paragraph 1(c) and that visitor has already received services as part of a course of treatment on the basis that no charges would be made, no charges may be made for the remainder of that course of treatment.
5
No charge shall be made in respect of any services forming part of health services provided for—
a
in the case where sub-paragraph (h), (i), (j), (k), (r) or (s) of paragraph (1) applies to a visitor, the spouse, civil partner or child of the visitor; or
b
spouse, civil partner or child of the visitor, if the spouse, civil partner or child lives on a permanent basis with the visitor in the United Kingdom.