The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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 7 (charges imposed on overseas visitors)—

(a) in paragraph (5)—

(i) for “Unless paragraph (6) applies, where” substitute “Where”;

(ii) omit “in relation to that relevant body”;

(b) for paragraph (8) substitute—

“(8) Where a relevant service is not specified in the national tariff under section 116(1)(a) of the 2012 Act and—

(a) the rules specified in the national tariff under section 116(4)(b) of that Act make provision for a unit price to be used as the basis for determining the price payable for that service (even if only in certain circumstances specified in the rules), the tariff is such price as would be determined for that service in accordance with those rules on the basis of that unit price;

(b) where paragraph (6) and sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph do not apply, the tariff for the provision of that service is such price as is determined in accordance with the rules specified in the national tariff under section 116(4)(b) of the 2012 Act.”;

(c) in paragraph (11)(a) omit “or (8) (whichever is applicable)”;

(d) in paragraph (11)(b) after “the rules” insert “specified in the national tariff under section 116(4)(b) of the 2012 Act”;

(e) in paragraph (13) omit the definition of “the rules”.

(3) In regulation 24 (treatment the need for which arose during the visit)—

(a) number the current text in regulation 24 as paragraph (1);

(b) after the newly numbered paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) No charge may be made or recovered in respect of any relevant services, consisting of treatment the need for which arose during the relevant period, provided to an overseas visitor who—

(a) is in the United Kingdom during the relevant period;

(b) has been given an accreditation pass by the Organising Committee to allow them to participate in the Games; and

(c) is not part of the Games Workforce.

(3) In this regulation—

the “Games” and the “Organising Committee” have the meaning given in section 1 of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Act 2020(2);

“the relevant period” means the period beginning with 14th July 2022 and ending with 17th August 2022;

the “Games Workforce” means—

(a)

a person engaged by the Organising Committee; or

(b)

a person engaged to a supplier, contractor or sub-contractor of the Organising Committee.”.

(4) In Schedule 1 (diseases for which no charge is to be made for treatment), omit “Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)” and at the relevant place insert “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)”.

(1)

S.I. 2015/238, amended by S.I. 2017/756 and 2020/59; there are other amending instruments, but none are relevant.

(2)

2020 c. 10