2006 No. 1065

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 83A and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 19771.

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st May 2006.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to England.

3

In these Regulations—

a

“the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 20032; and

b

“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 19873.

Modifications of the Income Support Regulations in Schedule 1 of the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations2

1

Schedule 1 to the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Modifications of Income Support Regulations) is amended as follows.

2

In Table A, in the modifications of—

a

regulation 45 of the Income Support Regulations, for paragraphs (a) to (c), substitute—

a

for a claimant permanently residing in accommodation as defined in Regulation 19A—£21,000;

b

in any other case—£16,000.

b

regulation 53 of the Income Support Regulations, for “£20,500” substitute “£21,000”; and

c

regulation 53 of the Income Support Regulations, for “£12,500” substitute “£12,750”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

WarnerMinister of State,Department of Health

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 to increase the amounts used as the basis for calculating entitlement to the payment of travel expenses and the remission of charges under those Regulations.