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SCHEDULE

The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989

6.  In the National Health Service (Charge to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989(1)—

(a)in regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(i)in the definitions of “member of the family” and “refugee”, for “a Member State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(ii)omit the definition of “Member State”; and

(iii)at the appropriate alphabetical place insert—

“EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Lichtenstein;;

(b)in regulation 4(1) (overseas visitors exempt from charges)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (l), for “Member State”, substitute “EEA State”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraphs (m) and (p) for “a Member State” substitute “an EEA State”;

(c)in regulation 4A (exemption from charges during long term visits by United Kingdom pensioners), for “member State” on both occasions it occurs, substitute “EEA State”; and

(d)in regulation 5 (exemption from charges for treatment the need for which arose during the visit), for “a Member State” on each occasion it occurs, substitute “an EEA State”.