1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations shall come into force on 1st April 2007.
(3) Regulation 3(2)(a) and (b) shall come into force on 9th April 2007.
(4) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003(1).
2. Regulation 3(2)(c) applies in respect of claims for the remission, in whole or in part, of any relevant charges or the payment, in whole or in part, of any relevant travelling expenses under the principal Regulations received on or after 1st September 2006.
3.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In Table A of the Schedule, in entries relating to–
(a)regulations 45 and 53, for “£21,000”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “£21,500”;
(b)regulation 53, for “£12,750” substitute “£13,000”; and
(c)regulation 66A, before the first entry insert–
“In paragraph (1) after “hardship loan”, insert “or any sum paid by way of additional loan that does not exceed the maximum amount of such a loan as determined by the Scottish Ministers in terms of regulation 10 of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (maximum of loans)(2).””.
LEWIS MACDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th March 2007