{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/healthcare-international-arrangements-act-2019/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/healthcare-international-arrangements-act-2019/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/14",
  "legislation_title": "Healthcare (International Arrangements) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/healthcare-international-arrangements-act-2019",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of “healthcare” and “healthcare agreement”",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“healthcare” means all forms of healthcare provided for individuals, whether relating to mental or physical health, and includes related ancillary care;\n“healthcare agreement” means an agreement or other commitment between the United Kingdom and either a country or territory outside the United Kingdom or an international organisation, concerning healthcare provided anywhere in the world;\n“international organisation” means an organisation of which—\n(a)two or more sovereign powers are members, or\n(b)the governments of two or more sovereign powers are members.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3 substituted (18.8.2023) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 162(5), 186(6); S.I. 2023/821, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/14/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:10.725608+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}