These Regulations amend the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision for the charges which a person who pays compensation to an injured person is liable to pay where that injured person has received National Health Service treatment or ambulance services.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 2 of the principal Regulations to increase the charges in respect of injuries which occur on or after 1st April 2012. Where the injured person is provided with NHS ambulance services, the charge is increased from £181 to £185 for each occasion. Where the injured person receives NHS treatment but is not admitted to hospital, the charge is increased from £600 to £615. The daily charge for NHS in-patient treatment is increased from £737 to £755. The maximum charge in respect of an injury is increased from £44,056 to £45,153.