Making and recovery of charges
- Charge overseas visitors for NHS dental, eye exams and provide receipts Any Person
UK Statutory Instrument
1989
United Kingdom
The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Scotland) Regulations 1989
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What's here
3 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Contractor 1
- Any Person 1
Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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Contractors also bound by 178 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The National Health Service (Personal Medical Services Agreements) Regulations 2015 2015 137 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015 2015 134 duties
- Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 2015 114 duties
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2023 2023 93 duties
- The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 2004 87 duties
Any Person also bound by 2337 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
What this Act requires
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Exemption from charges for overseas visitors from Ukraine
- Do not charge eligible Ukrainian visitors for NHS dental/eye services Contractor
Exemption from charges for overseas visitors under the Gaza medical evacuations
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Health Boards must not charge Gazan medical evacuees for NHS treatment Statutory regulator
Browse 16 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation, commencement and interpretation
Services exempted from charges
Overseas visitors exempt from charges
Exemption from charges during long term visits by United Kingdom pensioners
Reciprocal arrangements with EEA States on or after IP completion day
Exemption from charges for treatment the need for which arose during the visit
Overseas visitors from the Republic of Ireland: treatment the need for which arose during the visit
Frontier workers: treatment the need for which arose during the visit
Overseas visitors from EEA States where no reciprocal agreement: treatment the need for which arose during the visit
Exemption from charges for treatment provided to a member of the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Exemption from charges for exceptional humanitarian reasons
Exemption from charges for overseas visitors with UK reciprocal healthcare entitlements before IP completion day
EU Exit: transitional arrangements
Liability for payment of charges
Repayments
Revocations
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