Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (“the principal Regulations”) which make provision for 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 NHS hospital treatment or ambulance services.

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 2 of the principal Regulations to apply the charges specified therein in respect of injuries occurring before 1st April 2008.

Regulation 2(3) inserts a new regulation 2A in the principal Regulations which applies to injuries occurring on or after 1st April 2008. This increases the amount of NHS charges payable from 1st April 2008, in respect of injuries occurring after that date. Where the injured person is provided with NHS ambulance services, the charge is increased from £159 to £165 for each occasion. Where the injured person receives NHS treatment, but is not admitted to hospital, the charge is increased from £505 to £547. The daily charge for NHS in-patient treatment is increased from £620 to £672. The maximum charge in respect of an injury is increased from £37,100 to £40,179.

Regulation 2(4) and (5) makes amendments to regulations 3(2) and 6(1)(b) and (2)(a) of the principal Regulations consequential on the addition of regulation 2A.