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The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2009

W.S.I. 2009/3005 · Made 11 November 2009

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

Made 11 November 2009

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 13 November 2009

Coming into force 7 December 2009

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 42.

Contents

  1. 1Title, application, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment to the principal Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, application, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations are called the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 7 December 2009.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3)

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” (“y prif Reoliadau”) means the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989f1.

2Amendment to the principal Regulations

In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations delete the words—

  • “Guernsey and its bailiwick”, and

  • “Jersey”.

Signature

Edwina Hart

Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

11 November 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/306) (“the 1989 Regulations). The Regulations remove Guernsey and its bailiwick and Jersey from Schedule 2 to the 1989 Regulations. Visitors from these territories to Wales will no longer be exempt under regulations 4 and 5 of the 1989 Regulations from charges for healthcare provided within the NHS.