Overseas visitors with UK reciprocal healthcare entitlements before exit day13

1

No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any relevant services provided on or after exit day to an overseas visitor who is ordinarily resident in an EEA state or Switzerland, was ordinarily resident there immediately before exit day and either—

a

immediately before exit day held a valid UK reciprocal healthcare document; or

b

at the time that the treatment which constitutes the relevant services was provided, would have been eligible to be issued with a UK reciprocal healthcare document if exit day had not occurred.

2

Paragraph (1) does not apply to a frontier worker or a member of the family of a frontier worker.

3

In this regulation—

• “frontier worker” has the same meaning as in Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 or Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 as the case may be;

• “member of the family” has the same meaning as in Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 or Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 as the case may be; and

• “UK reciprocal healthcare document” means an S1 healthcare certificate, A1 healthcare certificate, European Health Insurance Card or equivalent document issued by a competent institution of the United Kingdom.