2010 No. 94

National Health Service

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75A, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010 and come into force on 6th April 2010.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 20032

1

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 20032 are amended as follows.

2

In column 2 of Table A of the Schedule—

a

in the entry relating to regulation 45, for “£23,000” substitute “£23,250”; and

b

in the entry relating to regulation 53—

i

for “£14,000” substitute “£14,250”; and

ii

for “£23,000” substitute “£23,250”.

SHONA ROBISONAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (“the Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) amends the entries in Table A of the Schedule to the Regulations relating to regulations 45 and 53 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) to increase the capital limits to be used in calculating entitlement to the remission of charges and/or payment of travelling expenses for certain claimants under the Regulations.