National Health Service Act 1977

105 Payments for certain medical examinations

(1) Where a medical practitioner carries out a medical examination of any person with a view to an application for his admission to hospital for observation or treatment being made under Part IV of the [1959 c. 72.] Mental Health Act 1959 the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the [1970 c. 42.] Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 for the area where the person examined resides shall, subject to the following provisions of this section, pay to that medical practitioner—

(a) reasonable remuneration in respect of that examination and in respect of any recommendation or report made by him with regard to the person examined; and

(b) the amount of any expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with the examination or the making of any such recommendation or report.

(2) No payment shall be made under this section to a medical practitioner—

(a) in respect of an examination carried out as part of his duty to provide general medical services for the person examined; or

(b) in respect of an examination carried out or any recommendation or report made as part of his duty as an officer of a health authority.

(3) This section shall only apply in a case where it is intended, when the medical examination of the person in question is carried out, that if he is admitted to hospital in pursuance of any such application as mentioned in subsection (1) above, the whole cost of his maintenance and treatment will be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament under this Act or the Mental Health Act 1959.