The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Citation, commencement, extent and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 18th February 2023.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, and apply in relation to England only.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015

2.—(1) The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 13A (persons who make late applications under Appendix EU to the immigration rules)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “Subject to paragraph (4), no” substitute “No”;

(b) omit paragraph (4);

(c) for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) Where a person has made an application mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or (3)(b) and has received relevant services during the period specified in paragraph (1), if the relevant body—

(a) has made charges for relevant services received during that period, but has not yet recovered them, it must not recover those charges;

(b) has made and recovered charges for relevant services received during that period, it must repay any sum paid in respect of those charges.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Will Quince

Minister of State,

Department of Health and Social Care

At 12.34 p.m. on 27th January 2023