The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (General) and Road Traffic (NHS Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Payments to hospitals and ambulance trusts

6.—(1) The Secretary of State—

(a) shall make any payment under section 162(1) (payment to responsible body or relevant ambulance trust) not later than 40 days after the day on which she receives a payment of relevant NHS charges(1);

(b) may make more than one such payment at the same time; and

(c) may do so by direct credit transfer.

(2) In respect of each payment, the Secretary of State shall send to the responsible body or relevant ambulance trust(2) a statement showing—

(a) the name and address of the injured person to whom the statement relates;

(b) the amount of the payment; and

(c) the date of the incident in respect of which the payment is made.

(3) Where—

(a) the Secretary of State receives a payment of relevant NHS charges; and

(b) the responsible body of the hospital (“the old body”) or the relevant ambulance trust (“the old trust”) concerned has ceased to exist,

the Secretary of State shall pay the amount received to the body to which the property, rights and liabilities of the old body or the old trust have been transferred.

(4) If the property, rights and liabilities of the old body or the old trust have been transferred to more than one body, the Secretary of State, may, for the purposes of paragraph (3), divide the payment among those bodies in such manner as she considers appropriate.

(1)

See section 150(10) of the 2003 Act for the definition of relevant NHS charges.

(2)

See section 162(6) of the 2003 Act for the definition of relevant ambulance trust.