Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015, with the exception of regulation 4(c) which comes into force on 6th April 2015, immediately after the coming into force of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015^f1.

These Regulations apply to England and Wales.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003;

• “certificate” means a certificate issued under Part 3 of the Act (recovery of NHS charges);

• “hospital” means a health service hospital within the meaning of the National Health Service Act 2006^f2 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006^f3;

• “injury” means an injury which occurs on or after 29th January 2007;

• “maximum” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(3); and

• “relevant NHS body” means the relevant ambulance trust or responsible body of the hospital to which the Secretary of State is required by section 162(1) (payment of NHS charges to hospitals or ambulance trusts) to pay the amount of any relevant NHS charges received by the Secretary of State.

A reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference to that section of the Act.