Amendment of regulation 5 of the 1989 Regulations
4.—(1) After regulation 5 of the 1989 Regulations insert the following new regulation—
“Conditions of entitlement under regulation 3(2)(f)
5A.—(1) It is a condition of entitlement under regulation 3(2)(f) that—
(a)a written declaration, on a form provided for that purpose by the National Assembly for Wales, shall be made to the effect that the patient is, on the day upon which the examination takes place, within one of the categories specified in regulation 3(2)(f); and
(b)where the National Assembly for Wales so requires, evidence of entitlement shall be supplied by or on behalf of the patient.
(2) The declaration referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall be made by the patient for whom the examination will be provided, except that where the application is made by another person on the patient’s behalf, it shall be made instead by that person.
(3) In this regulation “evidence of entitlement” means the patient’s birth certificate.
(4) Nothing in paragraphs (1)(b) or (3) prevents the National Assembly for Wales from accepting evidence other than that referred to in paragraph (3) as a means of establishing that a patient is within one of the categories referred to in regulation 3(2)(f).”