The Provision of Health Services to Persons Not Ordinarily Resident (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Amendment of regulation 22

8.  In regulation 22 (family members of visitors) of the principal Regulations—

(a) before paragraph (1)(a) insert—

“(za) regulation 8C (visitors exempt from charges – posted workers);”;

(b) in paragraph (4) for “if that other visitor” to the end of the paragraph substitute—

“if that other visitor is exempt from charges under any of the following regulations—

(a) regulation 8 (reciprocal agreements);

(b) regulation 21(1)(a) or (b) (treatment the need for which arose during the visit only);

(c) regulation 21B (visitors with UK reciprocal healthcare entitlements before exit day);

(d) regulation 21C(3) (transitional arrangements for visitors receiving an education or training following exit day).”;

(c) after paragraph (4), insert—

“(4A) No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any services forming part of health services consisting of treatment the need for which arose during the visit, provided to a visitor who is a member of the family of another visitor and who is lawfully present in the United Kingdom if that other visitor is exempt from charges under any of the following regulations—

(a) regulation 8A (visitors exempt from charges – frontier workers);

(b) regulation 21A (visitors exempt from charges – Irish or British citizens ordinarily resident in the Republic of Ireland).”; and

(d) in paragraph (6) omit the words “an enforceable EU right or”.