Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations establish a Scheme (to be known as the “Liabilities to Third Parties Scheme”) whereby NHS trusts and certain other bodies providing services under the National Health Service Act 1977 may make provision for meeting liabilities to third parties in connection with any loss, damage or injury arising out of the carrying out of the bodies' functions (regulations 2, 3 and 4) other than liabilities to which the NHS (Clinical Negligence Scheme) Regulations 1996 or the NHS (Existing Liabilities Scheme) Regulations 1996 apply.
The Scheme is to be administered by the Secretary of State (regulation 5). Provision is also made for the admission of members to, and their withdrawal and expulsion from, the Scheme (regulations 6 and 7), for payments by members and by the Secretary of State under the Scheme (regulations 8 and 9), for the provision of information by members to the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Scheme (regulation 10) and for the provision by the Secretary of State of certain information to members (regulation 11).