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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-nhs-charges-general-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-nhs-charges-general-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/592",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (General) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-nhs-charges-general-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Reduction of NHS charges in cases of contributory negligence",
  "text": "(1) The circumstances in which the amount (or amounts) specified in a certificate relating to a qualifying claim are to be reduced in accordance with section 153(10) are where–\n(a) the applicant for the certificate sends to the Scottish Ministers a report which contains the information specified in paragraph (2) and is signed by the parties, to the agreement referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and\n(b) it appears to the Scottish Ministers from that report that the agreement was reached in a fair manner.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) the following information is specified–\n(a) a statement that it was agreed by or on behalf of the injured person and the person who proposed to make a compensation payment that the damages payable under the settlement were to be reduced to reflect the injured person’s share in the responsibility for the injury in question;\n(b) a statement as to how that agreement was reached;\n(c) the amount of damages payable under the settlement had there been no such agreement;\n(d) the amount or proportion by which it was agreed that the damages were to be reduced; and\n(e) the names of all those involved in the settlement process.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/592/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:16:57.452331+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}