Regulation 6 Payments to hospitals and ambulance trusts

(1)

The Scottish Ministers–

(a)

shall make any payment under section 162(1) (payment of NHS charges to hospitals or ambulance trusts) not later than 40 days after the day they receive a payment of relevant NHS charges^f1;

(b)

may make more than one such payment at the same time; and

(c)

may do so by direct credit transfer.

(2)

In respect of each payment the Scottish Ministers shall send to the responsible body or relevant ambulance trust^f2 a statement showing–

(a)

the name and address of the injured person to whom the statement relates;

(b)

the amount of the payment; and

(c)

the date of the incident in respect of which the payment is made.

(3)

Where–

(a)

the Scottish Ministers receive a payment of relevant NHS charges; and

(b)

the responsible body of the hospital (“the old body”) or the relevant ambulance trust (“the old trust”) concerned has ceased to exist,

the Scottish Ministers shall pay the amount received to the body to which the property, rights and liabilities of the old body or the old trust have been transferred.

(4)

If the property, rights and liabilities of the old body or the old trust have been transferred to more than one body, the Scottish Ministers, may, for the purposes of paragraph (3), divide the payment among those bodies in such manner as they consider appropriate.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See section 150(10) of the 2003 Act for the definition of relevant NHS charges.
f2: See section 162(6) of that Act for the definition of relevant ambulance trust.