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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”).

The principal amendments reflect the establishment from 1st April 1992 of NHS trusts under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (regulations 2, 3, 5 and 6). A further amendment provides that charges cannot be made for family planning services provided for an overseas visitor (regulation 4).

The Regulations also remove the former German Democratic Republic from Schedule 2 to the 1989 Regulations (countries or territories in respect of which the United Kingdom Government has entered into a reciprocal agreement).