Section 39: Related provision: charges for health services

Immigration Act 2014 · 2014 c. 22View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Access to services etc — CHAPTER 2: Other services etc

A reference in the NHS charging provisions to persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain or persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland includes (without prejudice to the generality of that reference) a reference to—

persons who require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but do not have it, and
persons who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for a limited period unless that leave was granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules.

The "NHS charging provisions" are—

section 175 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (charges in respect of persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain);
section 124 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (charges in respect of persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain);
section 98 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (charges in respect of persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain);
Article 42 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)) (provision of services to persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland).

For the purposes of subsection (1) "residence scheme immigration rules" has the meaning given by section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

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