The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2010

Made: 25th February 2010

Laid before Parliament: 9th March 2010

Coming into force: 7th April 2010

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 182, 183, 184 and 272(7) of the National Health Service Act 2006[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Amendment Regulations 2010 and shall come into force on 7th April 2010.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003

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• (1) The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003[^f00002] are amended as follows.

• (2) Column 2 of Table A in Schedule 1 (modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987) is amended as follows—

• (a) in the modification of regulation 45 (capital limit) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, for “£23,000” substitute “£23,250”; and

• (b) in the modification of regulation 53 (calculation of tariff income from capital) of those Regulations—

• (i) for “£14,000” substitute “£14,250”, and

• (ii) for “£23,000” substitute “£23,250”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Mike O’Brien — Minister of State, — Department of Health — 25th February 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations which apply to England amend the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003. The Regulations provide for the payment of travel expenses and the remission of NHS charge for, amongst others, persons on low incomes, by reference to limits on their income and capital (“the low income scheme”).

Regulation 2 increases the low income scheme capital limits for people living permanently in care homes.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private and voluntary sectors.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c.41. By virtue of section 271 of the Act the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by those sections are exercisable only in relation to England. The expressions “prescribed” and “regulations”, which are relevant to the powers being exercised in these Regulations, are defined in section 275 of the Act.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2003/2382; relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2006/1065 and 2009/411.