Part 3 E+W+SRecovery of NHS charges

Miscellaneous and general E+W+S

165 Power to apply Part 3 to treatment at non-health service hospitals E+W+S

(1) Regulations may make provision for this Part to apply, with such modifications as may be prescribed, if—

(a) a person makes a compensation payment as mentioned in section 150(1)(a), but

(b) the person to or in respect of whom the payment is made has—

(i) received treatment as a result of the injury at a qualifying hospital under an NHS arrangement,

(ii) been provided with NHS ambulance services as a result of the injury for the purpose of taking him to a qualifying hospital for treatment under an NHS arrangement (unless he was dead on arrival at that hospital), or

(iii) received treatment as mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) and been provided with NHS ambulance services as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii),

(subject to subsection (2)).

(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply where the person to or in respect of whom the payment is made receives, or is taken to a hospital for, treatment which would be provided as mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 150(7) if it were provided at a health service hospital.

(3) In subsection (1), “NHS arrangement” means an arrangement or agreement between—

(a) the hospital in question or a body responsible for it, and

(b) any of the following—

F1 (i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ia) [F2 NHS England],

[F3 (ib) an integrated care board,]

(ii) a National Health Service trust established under [F4 section 25 of the 2006 Act, section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006] or section 12A of the 1978 Act,

(iii) a Local Health Board,

(iv) a Health Board or Special Health Board established under section 2 of the 1978 Act, or

(v) an NHS foundation trust.

(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may include provision excluding the application of sections 157 to 159 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) in such description of case as may be prescribed.

(5) In this section “qualifying hospital” means a hospital (within the meaning of [F5 section 275(1) of the 2006 Act] or section 108(1) of the 1978 Act) which is not a health service hospital.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 165(3)(b)(i) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 123(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F2 Words in s. 165 substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F3 S. 165(3)(b)(ib) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 72; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F4 Words in s. 165(3)(b)(ii) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 250(a) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

F5 Words in s. 165(5) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 250(b) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 165 partly in force; s. 165 in force at Royal Assent for certain purposes, see s. 199(1)(4)