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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Wheelchair Charges) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.

(2)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “agent” means a person who is authorised or who is appointed to act on behalf of a user, including a user who is under the age of 16 years;

  • “standard wheelchair” means a wheelchair which is no more expensive than that which is, in the opinion of the NHS trust, clinically necessary for the user;

  • “user” means a person who, in the opinion of an NHS trust, having regard to his physical, or physical and mental, condition, requires the use of a wheelchair.