# The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

S.I. 2006/3306 · made 11 December 2006

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (“the principal Regulations”), which provide for the making and recovery of charges in respect of certain services provided under the National Health Service Act 1977 to certain persons not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom (overseas visitors).

Made under: National Health Service Act 1977 (Section 121, Section 126)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-charges-to-overseas-visitors-amendment-regulations-2006/pdf/uksi_20063306_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-charges-to-overseas-visitors-amendment-regulations-2006/pdf/uksiem_20063306_en.pdf

## Introductory text

national health service, england
Made 11th December 2006
Laid before Parliament 18th December 2006
Coming into force 15th January 2007
The Secretary of State for Health makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 121 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977:

## 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 15th January 2007.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
(3) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989.

## 2 Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (overseas visitors exempt from charges)—
(a) in paragraph (1), after sub-paragraph (p) insert—
“; or
(q) who is working outside the United Kingdom as a missionary for an organisation that is established in the United Kingdom, regardless of whether he—
(i) derives a salary or wage from the organisation, or
(ii) receives any type of funding or assistance from the organisation for the purposes of working overseas for the organisation.”; and
(b) for paragraph (4) substitute—
“(4) No charge shall be made in respect of any services forming part of the health service provided for—
(a) in the case where sub-paragraph (g), (h), (i), (j) or (q) of paragraph (1) applies to an overseas visitor, the spouse, civil partner or child of the overseas visitor; or
(b) in the case where any other sub-paragraph applies to an overseas visitor, the spouse, civil partner or child of the overseas visitor, if the spouse, civil partner or child lives on a permanent basis with the overseas visitor in the United Kingdom.”.

## 3 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

In Schedule 2 (countries or territories in respect of which the United Kingdom Government has entered into a reciprocal agreement), omit “Bulgaria”, “Czech Republic”, “Hungary”, “Malta”, “Poland”, “Romania” and “Slovak Republic”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Rosie Winterton
Minister of State for Health
Department of Health
11th December 2006

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (“the principal Regulations”), which provide for the making and recovery of charges in respect of certain services provided under the National Health Service Act 1977 to certain persons not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom (overseas visitors).
Regulation 2 amends regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations so as to extend the exemption from charges to overseas visitors, to an overseas visitor who is a missionary. Regulation 2 also substitutes regulation 4(4) of the principal Regulations so as to provide that the spouse, civil partner or child of an overseas visitor to whom sub-paragraph (g), (h), (i), (j) or (q) of paragraph (1) of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations applies is also exempt from charges. However, in all other remaining cases, it continues to be a requirement that the spouse, civil partner or child of an overseas visitor also lives on a permanent basis with the overseas visitor in the United Kingdom in order to be exempt from charges.
Regulation 3 omits certain countries from the list in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, as these countries have now become (or will from 1st January 2007 become) part of the European Union and therefore overseas visitors from those countries will be dealt with under regulations 4(1)(m), 4A(1) and 5 of the principal Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3306 (the official version)
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