The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1990

Made4th July 1990

Laid before Parliament11th July 1990

Coming into force1st August 1990

The Secretary of State for Health, as respects England and Wales, in exercise of powers conferred by section 5 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 19681 and now vested in him2, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the said powers and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st August 1990.

2

This Order applies in relation to treatment given on or after 1st August 1990, and to an examination made on or after that date, of a person who dies or suffers bodily injury in respect of which a payment is made under section 157 or 158 of the Act.

3

In this Order “the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 19883.

Maximum payments for hospital treatment of traffic casualties2

In section 157(2) of the Act (maximum amounts of payments for hospital treatment of traffic casualties) for the sum of £2,000.37 there shall be substituted the sum of £2,546.00, and for the sum of £200.04 there shall be substituted the sum of £255.00.

Payment for emergency treatment of traffic casualties3

In section 158(2) of the Act (payments by users of vehicles of fees and mileage allowances to practitioners in respect of emergency treatment) for the sum of £15.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £18.20, and for the sum of 29 pence there shall be substituted the sum of 35 pence.

Stephen DorrellParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health4th July 1990

M. B. ForsythParliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office4th July 1990

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the amounts payable under sections 157(2) and 158(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988. Section 157 provides for payments for hospital treatment of traffic casualties to be made by an owner or insurer of a vehicle the use of which gave rise to the injuries, and section 158 for payments, to be made by the person using such a vehicle, for emergency treatment and a medical practitioner’s travelling expenses.

The maximum amounts payable for hospital treatment are increased from £2,000.37 to £2,546.00 for persons treated as in-patients, and from £200.04 to £255.00 for persons treated as out-patients.

For emergency treatment the fee is increased from £15.00 to £18.20. For travelling expenses, the amount for each mile in excess of two covered by a practitioner to provide such treatment is increased from 29 pence to 35 pence.

The increases apply in respect of treatment given on or after 1st August 1990.