(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2382) (“the 2003 Regulations”).
In calculating a person’s resources and requirements under the 2003 Regulations in order to establish whether a person can claim entitlement to the remission of NHS charges and the payment of NHS travel expenses, a modified version of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) applies.
These Regulations modify Schedule 1 of the 2003 Regulations to provide that in respect of a voluntary payment made to a student only £20 of that payment is to be disregarded in calculating that student’s income. The maximum amount of voluntary payments to a student that can be disregarded is £20 per week. The 2003 Regulations already modify the meaning of “voluntary payment” to exclude certain payments made to students (see the entry for regulation 65 in Table A in Schedule 1 to the 2003 Regulations).