The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2011 / Rheoliadau'r Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol (Ffioedd Ymwelwyr Tramor) (Diwygio) (Cymru) 2011

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 ( S.I. 1989/306 ) (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations sets out the circumstances in which an overseas visitor will be exempt from charges for treatment the need for which arose during the overseas visitor’s visit to the United Kingdom. Regulations 2(2) and (3) of these Regulations amend the principal Regulations to provide an exemption for individuals who are part of the Games Family during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London 2012 between 9 July 2012 and 12 September 2012.

Regulation 2(5) of these Regulations inserts a new Schedule 3 into the principal Regulations which defines what is meant by “Games Family”.

Regulation 2(4) of these Regulations inserts Jersey into the list of countries or territories in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations in respect of which the United Kingdom Government has entered into a reciprocal agreement.