Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for the remission and repayment of certain charges that would otherwise be payable under the National Health Service Act 1977 and for the payment of certain travelling expenses incurred in attending hospital.
Regulation 2 enables children leaving the care of a local authority and who are being wholly or partly maintained by that authority to benefit from full remission or repayment of charges and payment of travelling expenses.
Regulations 3 and 4 make consequential amendments.