The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005 No. 179

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with paragraph (2) and regulations 3 to 5.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)–

(a) after the definition of “the Act” insert–

““annuity contract” means a contract that provides for periodic payments starting from a stated or contingent date and continuing for a fixed period or for the life of the annuity holder;”;

(b) after the definition of “date of claim” insert–

““dependant child or young person” means any child or young person who is treated as the responsibility of the claimant or that claimant’s partner, where that child or young person is a member of the claimant’s household;”;

(c) after the definition of “disability element” insert–

““earnings” has the meaning given in regulations 35 and 37 of the Income Support Regulations;”;

(d) after the definition of “full rate” insert–

““household” means–

(i)

a group of people who have a common address as their only or main residence and who either share one meal a day or share the living accommodation at that residence; or

(ii)

the only or main residence of a single person who does not share either one meal a day or the living accommodation at that residence with another person;”;

(e) after the definition of “income support” insert–

““the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;

“occupational pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993(1);”;

(f) after the definition of “pension credit guarantee credit” insert–

““pension credit savings credit” shall be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 3 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(2);”;

(g) after the definition of “pension credit savings credit” insert–

““personal pension scheme” means a personal pension scheme–

(i)

as defined in section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993; or

(ii)

as defined in section 1 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(3);”;

(h) after the definition of “severe disability element” insert–

““single person” means a person who does not have a partner and is not responsible for, and is not a member of the same household as, a child or young person;”; and

(i) –

(i) after the definition of “week” omit “and”; and

(ii) at the end of the definition of “working tax credit” insert–

“; and

“young person” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 14 of the Income Support Regulations.”.

(1)

1993 c. 48.

(2)

2002 c. 16.

(3)

1993 c. 49.