1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Health Services Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 2001.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001;
“Department” means the Department for Social Development;
“hospital” means a health services hospital within the meaning of section 37 of the Act;
“incident” means an incident whereby a person suffers injury, or suffers injury and dies, as a result of the use of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place;
“settlement date” has the meaning given in section 26(3) of the Act.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is to the section of the Act bearing that number.