2008 No. 843

National Health Service, England

The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2008

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 182, 183(a), 184(1) and (2) and 272(7) of the National Health Service Act 20061.

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st May 2008.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to England.

3

In these Regulations—

  • “the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 20032;

  • “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 19873.

Modifications of the Income Support Regulations in Schedule 1 to the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations2

1

Schedule 1 to the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Modifications of Income Support Regulations) is amended as follows.

2

In Table A, in the modifications of—

a

regulation 45 of the Income Support Regulations, for “£21,500” substitute “£22,250”; and

b

regulation 53 of the Income Support Regulations—

i

for “£13,000” substitute “£13,500”, and

ii

for “£21,500” substitute “£22,250”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Dawn PrimaroloMinister of HealthDepartment of Health
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 to increase certain of the amounts used as the basis for calculating entitlement to the payment of travel expenses and the remission of charges under those Regulations.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private and voluntary sectors.