These Regulations amend the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision in relation to the amount of NHS charges which a person (who pays compensation to an injured person) is liable to pay, where that injured person has received National Health Service treatment or ambulance services.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 2E of the principal Regulations and inserts regulation 2F into the principal Regulations to increase the charges in respect of injuries which occur on or after 1st April 2013. Where the injured person is provided with NHS ambulance services, the charge is increased from £185 to £189 for each occasion. Where the injured person receives NHS treatment but is not admitted to hospital, the charge is increased from £615 to £627. The daily charge for NHS in-patient treatment is increased from £755 to £770. The maximum charge in respect of an injury is increased from £45,153 to £46,046.