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(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, where—
(a)a payment, other than a payment under section 158 of this Act, is made (whether or not with an admission of liability) in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, any person arising out of the use of a motor vehicle on a road or in a place to which the public have a right of access, and
[F1(b)the payment is made by an authorised insurer, the payment being made under or in consequence of a policy issued under section 145 of this Act, and]
(c)the person who has so died or been bodily injured has to the knowledge of the insurer or owner, as the case may be, received treatment at a hospital, whether as an in-patient or as an out-patient, in respect of the injury so arising,
the insurer or owner must pay the expenses reasonably incurred by the hospital in affording the treatment, after deducting from the expenses any moneys actually received in payment of a specific charge for the treatment, not being moneys received under any contributory scheme.
(2)The amount to be paid shall not exceed [F2£2,949.00] for each person treated as an in-patient or [F3£295.00] for each person treated as an out-patient.
(3)For the purposes of this section “expenses reasonably incurred” means—
(a)in relation to a person who receives treatment at a hospital as an in-patient, an amount for each day he is maintained in the hospital representing the average daily cost, for each in-patient, of the maintenance of the hospital and the staff of the hospital and the maintenance and treatment of the in-patients in the hospital, and
(b)in relation to a person who receives treatment at a hospital as an out-patient, reasonable expenses actually incurred.
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E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only
Textual Amendments
F1S. 157(1)(b) substituted (1.11.2019) by The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 20 (with reg. 5)
F2Sum in s. 157(2) substituted (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/889, art. 2
F3Sum in s. 157(2) substituted (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/889, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 157 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, where—
(a)a payment, other than a payment under section 158 of this Act, is made (whether or not with an admission of liability) in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to, any person arising out of the use of a motor vehicle on a road or [F4in some other public place], and
[F1(b)the payment is made by an authorised insurer, the payment being made under or in consequence of a policy issued under section 145 of this Act, and]
(c)the person who has so died or been bodily injured has to the knowledge of the insurer or owner, as the case may be, received treatment at a hospital, whether as an in-patient or as an out-patient, in respect of the injury so arising,
the insurer or owner must pay the expenses reasonably incurred by the hospital in affording the treatment, after deducting from the expenses any moneys actually received in payment of a specific charge for the treatment, not being moneys received under any contributory scheme.
(2)The amount to be paid shall not exceed [F5£2,949.00] for each person treated as an in-patient or [F6£295.00] for each person treated as an out-patient.
(3)For the purposes of this section “expenses reasonably incurred” means—
(a)in relation to a person who receives treatment at a hospital as an in-patient, an amount for each day he is maintained in the hospital representing the average daily cost, for each in-patient, of the maintenance of the hospital and the staff of the hospital and the maintenance and treatment of the in-patients in the hospital, and
(b)in relation to a person who receives treatment at a hospital as an out-patient, reasonable expenses actually incurred.
Extent Information
E2This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only
Textual Amendments
F1S. 157(1)(b) substituted (1.11.2019) by The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 20 (with reg. 5)
F4Words in s. 157(1)(a) substituted (S.) (13.5.2002) by 2002 asp 5, s. 20(1); S.S.I. 2002/170, art. 2(2)
F5Sum in s. 157(2) substituted (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/889, art. 2
F6Sum in s. 157(2) substituted (17.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/889, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 157 excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(1)(b)(2)(b)
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