
2021 No. 241
National Health Service
The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2021
Made at 9.30 a.m. on 15th June 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament at 2.00 p.m. on 15th June 2021
Coming into force 24th August 2021
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75A(1) and (2) and 105(7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 24 August 2021.
Amendment of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003
2 
The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3 
In regulation 3 (entitlement to full remission and payment)—
(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1), insert “Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (1B),”, and
(b) after paragraph (1) insert—“
(1A) A person who is described in regulation 4(2)(za) but meets no other description in regulation 4(2) is not entitled to payment of relevant travelling expenses under regulation 3(1).
(1B) A person who is described in regulation 4(2)(za) but meets no other description in regulation 4(2) is not entitled to remission of the charges specified in regulation 3(2)(a).”.
4 
In regulation 4(2) (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment) before sub-paragraph (a) insert—“
(za) a person who has attained the age of 18 years but has not attained the age of 26 years;”.
HUMZA YOUSAF
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House
Edinburgh
At 9.30 a.m. on 15th June 2021