The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2009

Made: 11 November 2009

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 13 November 2009

Coming into force: 7 December 2009

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006[^f00001].

Title, application, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations are called the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 7 December 2009.

• (2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

• (3) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” (“y prif Reoliadau”) means the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989[^f00002].

Amendment to the principal Regulations

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In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations delete the words—

• “Guernsey and its bailiwick”, and

• “Jersey”.

Signed

Edwina Hart — Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers — 11 November 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/306) (“the 1989 Regulations). The Regulations remove Guernsey and its bailiwick and Jersey from Schedule 2 to the 1989 Regulations. Visitors from these territories to Wales will no longer be exempt under regulations 4 and 5 of the 1989 Regulations from charges for healthcare provided within the NHS.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c. 42.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1989/306, as amended in relation to Wales by S.I. 2004/1433 (W.146), S.I. 2005/3302 (W.256), S.I. 2008/2364 (W.203) and S.I. 2009/1512 (W.148).