The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

1997 No. 748

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 1997

Made

11th March 1997

Laid before Parliament

11th March 1997

Coming into force

except for the purposes of regulations 6(2)(a)

1st April 1997

for the purposes of regulation 6(2)(a)

7th April 1997

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 83A, 126(4) and 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

(1)

1977 c. 49; section 83A was inserted by section 14(1) of the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7) and amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), by paragraph 18(5) of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 40 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17). Section 126(4) was amended by sections 65(2) of the 1990 Act. Section 128(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”; section 128(1) was amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act.