The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 No. 507

Amount of health services charges N.I.

2.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs and [F1 regulation 3 and 3A] , a certificate shall, for the purpose of Article 5(2), specify—

(a) the sum of [F2 £256 ]for each occasion on which, as a result of his injury, the injured person was provided with health services ambulance services(1) for the purpose of taking him to a hospital for health services treatment(2); and

(b) where the injured person received health services treatment at a hospital in respect of his injury, either—

(i) if he was not admitted to hospital, the sum of [F3 £848,] or

(ii) if he was admitted to hospital, the sum of [F4 £1,042 ]or each day or part day of admission.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the reference to taking a person to a hospital includes taking him from one hospital to another.

(3) Where the injured person was admitted to hospital on one day and discharged on another day, the day of discharge shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii).

(4) The amount which a certificate may specify under paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b), or both, must not exceed [F5 £62,272 ](“the maximum”).

(5) Where—

(a) amounts fall to be specified under both paragraph (1)(a) and paragraph (1)(b); and

(b) the aggregate of those amounts would, apart from paragraph (4), exceed the maximum,

the amount to be specified under paragraph (1)(b) is to be reduced by the difference between the maximum and the aggregate of those amounts.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Recovery of Health Services Charges (General) and (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/121), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(a) (with reg. 4)

F2 Sum in Reg. 2(1)(a) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/162), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 3)

F3 Sum in Reg. 2(1)(b)(i) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/162), regs. 1(1), 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F4 Sum in Reg. 2(1)(b)(ii) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/162), regs. 1(1), 2(c) (with reg. 3)

F5 Sum in Reg. 2(4) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/162), regs. 1(1), 2(d) (with reg. 3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 2 continue to have effect (1.4.2022) by The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/100), regs. 1(1), 3 (with reg. 3)

C2 Reg. 2 continue to have effect (1.4.2023) by The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/32), regs. 1(1), 3 (with reg. 3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in operation at 29.1.2007, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

See Article 2(2) of the 2006 Order for the definition of health services ambulance services

(2)

See Article 3(7) of the 2006 Order for the definition of health services treatment