Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.

Amendment of the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

2.-(1) The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2I(1) (amount of NHS charges – injuries occurring on or after 1st April 2016)(3), after "1st April 2016" insert "and before 1st April 2017".

(3) After regulation 2I insert-

"Amount of NHS charges – injuries occurring on or after 1st April 2017

2J.-(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation and regulations 3 and 3A, a certificate relating to an injury which occurs on or after 1st April 2017 shall, for the purpose of section 153(2), specify-

(a)the sum of £205 for each occasion on which, as a result of an injury, the injured person was provided with NHS ambulance services for the purpose of taking the injured person to a hospital for NHS treatment; and

(b)where the injured person received NHS treatment at a hospital in respect of the injury, either-

(i)if the injured person was not admitted to hospital, the sum of £678; or

(ii)if the injured person was admitted to hospital, the sum of £833 for each day or part day of admission.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the reference to taking an injured person to a hospital includes taking that person from one hospital to another.

(3) Where the injured person was admitted to hospital on one day and discharged on another day, the day of discharge shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii).

(4) The amount which a certificate may specify under paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b), or both, must not exceed £49,824 ("the maximum").

(5) Where-

(a)amounts fall to be specified under both paragraph (1)(a) and paragraph (1)(b); and

(b)the aggregate of those amounts would exceed the maximum,

the amount to be specified under paragraph (1)(b) is to be reduced by the difference between the maximum and the aggregate of those amounts.".

(4) In regulation 3(2) (amount of NHS charges: further provision)(4), for "or 2I" substitute ", 2I or 2J".

(5) In regulation 6 (adjustment of amounts where certificates are issued by the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State)-

(a)in paragraph (1)(b)(5), for "or 2I(4)" substitute ", 2I(4) or 2J(4)"; and

(b)in paragraph (2)(a)(6), for "or 2I(4) and (5)" substitute ", 2I(4) and (5) or 2J(4) and (5)".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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 2I of the principal Regulations and inserts regulation 2J into the principal Regulations to increase the charges in respect of injuries which occur on or after 1st April 2017. Where the injured person is provided with NHS ambulance services, the charge is increased from £201 to £205 for each occasion the service is provided. Where the injured person receives NHS treatment but is not admitted to hospital, the charge is increased from £665 to £678. The daily charge for NHS in-patient treatment is increased from £817 to £833. The maximum charge in respect of an injury is increased from £48,849 to £49,824.