Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002

MiscellaneousS

20 Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1988 and Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999: payment for treatment of traffic casualtiesS

(1)In section 157(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c.52) (payment for hospital treatment of traffic casualties), for the words “in a place to which the public have a right of access” there is substituted “ in some other public place ”.

(2)In section 158(1)(a) of that Act (payment for emergency treatment of traffic casualties), after the word “road” there is inserted “ or in some other public place ”.

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21 Amendment of 1978 Act: schemes for meeting losses and liabilities etc. of certain health bodiesS

In section 85B(2) of the 1978 Act (bodies in respect of which schemes for meeting losses and liabilities may be made)—

(a)the word “and” which immediately follows paragraph (d) is repealed; and

(b)after paragraph (e), there is inserted— ; and

(f)the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland.