The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Reviews and Appeals) and Road Traffic (NHS Charges) (Reviews and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Reviews and Appeals) and Road Traffic (NHS Charges) (Reviews and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 29th January 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England and Wales.

(3) In these Regulations—

“appeal” means an appeal against a certificate or an appeal against a waiver decision;

“appeal against a certificate” means an appeal, under section 157(1), against a certificate;

“appeal against a waiver decision” means an appeal, under section 157(6), against a waiver decision;

“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Social Security Act 1998(1) (“1998 Act”);

“certificate” means a certificate issued under section 151;

“clerk to the appeal tribunal” has the meaning it has in the Social Security Regulations;

“Commissioner” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the 1998 Act;

“Compensation Recovery Unit” means the Compensation Recovery Unit of the Department for Work and Pensions;

“compensator” means a person to whom a certificate has been issued;

“legally qualified panel member” has the meaning it has in the Social Security Regulations;

“medically qualified panel member” has the meaning it has in the Social Security Regulations;

“Social Security Regulations” means the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999(2);

“waiver application” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 4(1).

(4) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference to that section of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.

(1)

1998 c.14. Section 2 was amended by the State Pensions Credit Act 2002 (c.16), sections 11 and 21, Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 and 5 and Schedule 3. Section 3 was amended by the Employment Act 2002 (c.22), sections 50 and 54, Schedule 6, paragraphs 1(c) and 8, Schedule 8 and the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35), section 236 and Schedule 10, paragraph 1. Section 5 was amended by S.I. 1999/678. Section 6 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), section 15, Schedule 4, paragraphs 271 and 272, S.I. 1999/1042 and S.I. 2000/253.

(2)

S.I. 1999/991.