1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 1988(1).
2. In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) in the definition of “family”(2) after sub paragraph (c) there is added the following sub-paragraph–
“(d)where a claim has been made for support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(3), it means the asylum – seeker who has made that claim and any dependant, as defined in section 94 of that Act, whom he has included in that claim;”.
3. At the end of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment)(4) there is added–
“or
(n)an asylum – seeker for whom support is provided under Part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; or
(o)a member of the same family as a person described in paragraph (n) of this regulation.”.
IAIN GRAY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
16th March 2000