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The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003

S.I. 2003/2382 · Made 14 September 2003 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND

Made 14th September 2003

Laid before Parliament 15th September 2003

Coming into force 6th October 2003

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 37(1C), 83A and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 M1 and of all powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:

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M1

1977 c. 49. Section 83A was inserted by section 14(1) of the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7) and amended by section 25 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 41(10) of, and paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), article 2 of S.I.1998/2385, article 3(1) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to, S.I.2000/90, section 66(1) of, and paragraph 18(5) of Schedule 9 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 2(1) of, and paragraph 40 of Schedule 1 to, the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) and section 2(5) of, and paragraphs 1 and 32 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17). Section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act and by paragraph 37(6) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8).See section 28(1), as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales; by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act.

Contents

  1. Part I: GENERAL AND INTRODUCTION
  2. 1Citation, commencement and application
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3NHS travel expenses
  5. 4Remissible NHS charges
  6. Part II: ENTITLEMENT TO PAYMENT OF NHS TRAVEL EXPENSES AND REMISSION OF NHS CHARGES
  7. 5Entitlement to full remission and payment
  8. 6Entitlement to partial remission and payment
  9. 7Claims to entitlement
  10. 8Notices of entitlement
  11. 9Travel expenses of persons resident in the Isles of Scilly
  12. Part III: PAYMENTS AND REPAYMENTS
  13. 10Payment of NHS travel expenses
  14. 11Claims for repayment
  15. 12Repayments
  16. 13Reimbursement of payments made in respect of NHS travel expenses
  17. 14Payment and repayment of NHS foreign travel expenses
  18. Part IV: CALCULATION OF RESOURCES AND REQUIREMENTS
  19. 15General
  20. 16Calculation of resources
  21. 17Calculation of requirements
  22. Part V: CONCLUSION
  23. 18Transitional Provisions
  24. 18ATransitional provision: amendments made by regulation 3(2) of the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
  25. 19Repeals
  26. Signature
  27. Schedule 1MODIFICATIONS OF THE INCOME SUPPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1987
  28. Schedule 2REVOCATIONS
  29. Explanatory note