Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/364) (“the 1989 Regulations”), which provide for the making and recovery of charges for relevant services provided under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. Schedule 1 of the 1989 Regulations, as introduced by regulation 3 of the 1989 Regulations, contains a list of diseases for the treatment of which no charge is to be made.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends schedule 1 of the 1989 Regulations to include Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as one of the diseases for the treatment of which no charge is to be made.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.