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

Regulations governing lump sums, periodical payments etc.

15.—(1) Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order)—

(a) for cases to which Article 3(2) applies in which two or more compensation payments in the form of lump sums are made by the same person in respect of the same injury,

(b) for cases to which Article 3(2) applies in which an agreement is entered into for the making of—

(i) periodical compensation payments (whether of an income or capital nature), or

(ii) periodical compensation payments and lump sum compensation payments,

(c) for cases in which the compensation payment to which Article 3(2) applies is an interim payment of damages which a court orders to be repaid.

(2) Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) may (among other things) provide—

(a) for giving credit for amounts already paid, and

(b) for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess.

(3) Regulations may make provision modifying the application of this Order in relation to cases in which a payment into court is made and, in particular, may provide—

(a) for the making of a payment into court to be treated in prescribed circumstances as the making of a compensation payment,

(b) for application for, and issue of, certificates.