10A.—(1) A person to whom paragraph (3) applies is exempt from any charge provided for by regulations under section 98 of the NHS Act in respect of a relevant service.
(2) A service is relevant, for the purpose of paragraph (1), insofar as it is provided during the period of 1 year beginning with IP completion day.
(3) This paragraph applies to—
(a)a person who, immediately before IP completion day—
(i)was resident in a Member State, and
(ii)was in receipt of—
(aa)a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 or Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, or
(bb)a retirement pension under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and
(b)a person who, immediately before IP completion day, was a member of the family of a person described by sub-paragraph (a).
(4) In this regulation—
“member of the family” has the meaning it had for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 immediately before IP completion day.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 10A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Cross-border Health Care (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/131), regs. 2, 5(8) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/478, regs. 1, 5(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)