2.—(1) The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Regulation.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)(2), for the definition of “partner” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““partner” means where a claimant—
is a member of a married or an unmarried couple, the other member of that couple;
is married polygamously to two or more members of his household, any such member;”.
(3) In Table A in Part I of Schedule 1 (calculation of resources) after the entry “regulations 54 to 60” there shall be inserted the following—
| “regulation 66A | As if in paragraph (2) for the words “and from the weekly amount” there were substituted the words “ and, in the case of a person to whom paragraph (2A), (2B) or (2C) applies, from the weekly amount”. As if after paragraph (2) there were inserted the following paragraphs— “(2A) This paragraph applies to a student whose applicable amount includes any premium specified in Parts II and III of Schedule 2. (2B) This paragraph applies where the claimant is a student to whom paragraph 7B of Schedule 1 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(3) applies. (2C) This paragraph applies where the student is a partner of a claimant and the claimant is not also a student.”. As if in paragraph (3) for the reference “(1) and (2)” there were substituted the reference “(1) to (2C)”.” |
(4) In Table B in Part II of Schedule 1 (calculation of requirements), in the entry in column (2) corresponding to the entry “Schedule 2” the words “as if head (c) of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) were omitted in columns (1) and (2) of that Table;” shall be omitted.