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(1).
1. 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.
2.–(1) The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003(2) 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 by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Mike O´Brien
Minister of State,
Department of Health
25th February 2010
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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.
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. Back [1]
S.I. 2003/2382; relevant amendments are made by S.I. 2006/1065 and 2009/411. Back [2]