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7. After regulation 6 (exemption from charges for treatment provided to a member of the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) insert a new regulation—
6A.—(1) Where an overseas visitor who has been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom for a course of treatment applies, or someone on his behalf applies, for exemption from charges for services forming part of the health service, the Secretary of State may determine where he considers that exceptional humanitarian reasons justify it, that no charge shall be made or recovered in respect of that person and that course of treatment .
(2) Such a determination may only be made by the Secretary of State if he is satisfied in the case of that person that—
(a)the treatment specified is not available in that person’s home country;
(b)the necessary arrangements have been made for temporary accommodation for that person, the authorised companion (if any) and any authorised child for the duration of the course of treatment; and
(c)the necessary arrangements have been made for the return of that person, the authorised companion (if any) and any authorised child to their home country when the course of treatment is completed.”.
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