The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Regulations 1999

Interim payments repaid under court order

15.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) a person has made a payment of NHS charges to the Secretary of State under section 1(2);

(b) that payment relates to a compensation payment which is an interim payment of damages in respect of the injury or death, the whole amount of which a court orders to be repaid; and

(c) no other compensation payment under section 1 has been made in respect of the same injury.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the Secretary of State shall pay to the person making the compensation payment the amount of the payment in paragraph (1)(a).

(3) Where this regulation applies and the Secretary of State has (under section 13(1)) made the payments to a responsible body, the Secretary of State may—

(a) deduct the amount paid to that body from any future payment due under section 13(1), or

(b) may require the responsible body to pay that amount to him.

(4) Where the Secretary of State makes a deduction under paragraph (3)(a) or makes a demand for payment under paragraph (3)(b), he shall (with the demand or the payment from which the deduction is made) send the responsible body a statement showing—

(a) the name and address of the traffic casualty to which the statement relates;

(b) the amount of the deduction or demand.