The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2003
These Regulations provide in respect of persons specified in the regulations, for the remission or repayment of the whole or part of certain charges which would otherwise be payable by those persons under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the Act”) and the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”). They also provide in respect of persons specified in the regulations, for the payment, as set out, of certain travelling expenses, including those of the person’s companion, and certain costs of overnight accommodation for the person and their companion.