The Recovery of Health Services Charges (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Payments to hospitals or ambulance trusts N.I.

Payment of [F1 health care] charges to hospitals or ambulance trusts N.I.

14.—(1) If the Department receives a payment of relevant [F1 health care] charges under Article 3(2)—

(a) if the payment relates only to [F1 health care] treatment received at a [F1 health care] hospital, the Department shall pay the amount received to the responsible body of the [F1 health care] hospital,

(b) if the payment relates only to the provision of [F1 health care] ambulance services the Department shall pay the amount received to the relevant ambulance trust,

(c) if the payment relates to [F1 health care] treatment received at more than one [F1 health care] hospital, the Department shall divide the amount received among the responsible bodies of the hospitals concerned in such manner as it considers appropriate,

(d) if the payment relates to [F1 health care] treatment received at one or more [F1 health care] hospitals and the provision of [F1 health care] ambulance services, the Department shall divide the amount received among the responsible body or bodies of the hospital or hospitals and any relevant ambulance trusts concerned in such manner as it considers appropriate.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any amount received by the Department under Article 3(2) which it is required to repay in accordance with regulations under Article 5(2).

(3) Regulations under this Article may—

(a) make provision for the manner in which and intervals at which any payments due under this Article are to be made,

(b) make provision for cases where the responsible body of the [F1 health care] hospital or relevant ambulance trust concerned has ceased to exist (including provision modifying this Order).

(4) Any amounts received under this Article by the responsible bodies of the [F1 health care] hospitals concerned shall be used for the purposes of providing goods and services for the benefit of patients receiving [F1 health care] treatment at those hospitals.

(5) Any amounts received under this Article by the relevant ambulance trusts concerned shall be used for the purposes of [F1 health care] ambulance services.

(6) In this Article—

“relevant ambulance trust” means the [F2 HSC trust] which is designated by the Department for the purposes of this Article in relation to the [F1 health care] hospital to which the injured person was taken for treatment;

“responsible body” has the meaning given in Article 12(4).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

F2 Words in Order substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(d) (with Sch. 6 para. 1(3)); S.R. 2009/114, art. 2

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 14 wholly in force at 29.1.2007: art. 14 not in force at Royal Assent see art. 1(2); art. 14 in force for certain purposes at 4.12.2006 and wholly in force at 29.1.2007 for all other purposes by S.R. 2006/484, art. 2