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The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

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Contents: 3 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application
  3. 2 Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015

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Title and introductory text

2026 No. 536 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Made at 1.02 p.m. on 18th May 2026 Laid before Parliament at 4.16 p.m. on 18th May 2026 Coming into force at 6.00 p.m. on 18th May 2026 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 175 and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.

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1 Citation, commencement, extent and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force at 6.00 p.m. on 18th May 2026. (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply to England only.

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2 Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015

(1) The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 are amended as follows. (2) In regulation 9— (a) in paragraph (1)(d) after “Schedule 1”, insert “, provided that the overseas visitor has not travelled to the United Kingdom for the purpose of seeking that diagnosis or treatment, unless it is by means of a form of transport which has been agreed with or funded by the Secretary of State”. (b) after paragraph (3), insert— (4) Paragraph (2) also applies in the case of an overseas visitor who, on or after 1st May 2026 but before this paragraph came into force, was provided with services for the diagnosis or treatment of hantavirus disease, including hantavirus pulmonary or cardiopulmonary syndrome and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. . (3) In Schedule 1 at the appropriate place, insert “Hantavirus disease, including hantavirus pulmonary or cardiopulmonary syndrome and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome”.

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