Regulation 3 Insertion of regulation 6A into the National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme) Regulations 1996

After regulation 6 add the following regulation—

“Payments on Account

6A

(1)

Where, in any year, a payment (including a payment into court) falls to be made by an eligible body in connection with a claim in respect of which a payment may become payable by the Secretary of State under regulation 6, the Secretary of State may make a payment on account of any amount which may become payable by him under that regulation.

(2)

Such payment on account may be made to or on behalf of the eligible body.

(3)

Where the amount of any such payment on account exceeds the amount of any payment the Secretary of State subsequently determines to make under regulation 6 the excess shall be recoverable from the eligible body.”