The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Article 3.

SCHEDULE 1 N.I. RECOVERY OF [F1 health care] CHARGES: EXEMPTED PAYMENTS

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

1.  Any payment made to or for the injured person under— N.I.

(a) Article 14 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (NI 15) (compensation orders against convicted persons),

(b) section 130 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) (corresponding provision in relation to England and Wales), or

(c) section 249 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) (corresponding provision in relation to Scotland).

2.  Any payment made in the exercise of a discretion out of property held subject to a trust in a case where no more than 50 per cent by value of the capital contributed to the trust was directly or indirectly provided by persons who are, or are alleged to be, liable in respect of— N.I.

(a) the injury suffered by the injured person, or

(b) any connected injury suffered by another.

3.  Any payment made out of property held for the purposes of a prescribed trust. N.I.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 3 wholly in force at 29.1.2007: Sch. 1 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see art. 1(2); Sch. 1 para. 3 in force for certain purposes at 4.12.2006 and wholly in force at 29.1.2007 for all other purposes by S.R. 2006/484, art. 2

4.—(1) Any payment made to the injured person by an insurer under the terms of any contract of insurance entered into between the injured person and the insurer before the occurrence of the injury in question. N.I.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “insurer” means—

(a) a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8) to effect or carry out contracts of insurance, or

(b) an EEA firm of the kind mentioned in paragraph 5(d) of Schedule 3 to that Act which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Schedule) to effect or carry out contracts of insurance.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) shall be read with—

(a) section 22 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,

(b) any relevant order under that section, and

(c) Schedule 2 to that Act.

5.  Any payment which apart from this paragraph would be made by— N.I.

(a) the responsible body of the [F2 health care] hospital to whom the payment would subsequently be passed under Article 14,

(b) the relevant ambulance trust to whom the payment would subsequently be passed under that Article.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

6.  Any payment to the extent that it is made— N.I.

(a) in consequence of an action under the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (NI 18)),

(b) in consequence of an action under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c. 30), or

(c) in circumstances where, had an action been brought, it would have been brought under that Order or Act.

7.  Any payment to the extent that it is made in respect of a liability arising by virtue of section 1 of the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 13). N.I.

8.  Any payment of a prescribed description, either generally or in such circumstances as may be prescribed. N.I.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 1 para. 8 wholly in force at 29.1.2007: Sch. 1 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see art. 1(2); Sch. 1 para. 8 in force for certain purposes at 4.12.2006 and wholly in force at 29.1.2007 for all other purposes by S.R. 2006/484, art. 2