Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
The Road Traffic (Health Services Charges) Regulations 2001 provide for a scheme for the recovery from insurers and certain other persons of charges in connection with the health services treatment of road traffic casualties.
These Regulations make provision in connection with the scheme as follows—
(a)certificates of health services charges (regulations 2 to 6);
(b)review of certificates (regulation 7);
(c)information requirements (regulation 8);
(d)payments of health services charges to hospitals (regulation 9);
(e)overpayments and underpayments of health services charges (regulations 10 to 13);
(f)application of the scheme in respect of multiple compensation payments (regulation 14), structured settlements (regulation 15), interim payment (regulation 16) and payments into court (regulation 17);
(g)payments exempt from the scheme (regulation 18).