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The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/353 · Made 5 March 1987

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ROAD TRAFFIC

Made 5th March 1987

Laid before Parliament 11th March 1987

Coming into force 1st April 1987

The Secretary of State for Social Services, as respects England and Wales, in exercise of powers conferred by section 5 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968f1 and now vested in himf2, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the said powers, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1

1968 c. 14; Schedule 3, paragraph 8 was amended by Schedule 10, paragraph 3 to the Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20) so as to substitute in the said paragraph 8 references to sections 154 and 155 of the said Act of 1972.

f2

See the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), article 2.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Maximum payments for hospital treatment of traffic casualties
  3. 3Payments for emergency treatment of traffic casualties
  4. 4Application
  5. 5Revocations
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule REVOCATIONS
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

(2)

In this Order“the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1972f1.

2Maximum payments for hospital treatment of traffic casualties

Subject to article 4 of this Order, in the proviso to section 154(1) of the Actf1 (maximum amounts of payments under the subsection by authorised insurers or owners of vehicles for hospital treatment of traffic casualties as in-patients or out-patients) for the sum of £1,892.50 there shall be substituted the sum of £2,000.37, and for the sum of £189.25 there shall be substituted the sum of £200.04.

3Payments for emergency treatment of traffic casualties

Subject to article 4 of this Order, in section 155(1) of the Actf1 (payments by users of vehicles of fees and mileage allowances in respect of emergency treatment) for the sum of £14.19 there shall be substituted the sum of £15.00, and for the sum of 28 pence there shall be substituted the sum of 29 pence.

4Application

The Order shall apply only where an accident giving rise to death or bodily injury in respect of which a payment is made under section 154 of the Act, or claimed under section 155 of the Act, occurred on or after the coming into force of this Order.

5Revocations

The Orders specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby revoked.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services

Edwina Currie

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health and Social Security

3rd March 1987

Glenarthur

Minister of State, Scottish Office

5th March 1987

REVOCATIONS

Orders RevokedReferences
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) (England and Wales) Order 1980SI 1980/111
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) (Scotland) Order 1980SI 1980/295
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Emergency Treatment) (England and Wales) Order 1981SI 1981/929
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) (Scotland) Order 1981SI 1981/976
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) (England and Wales) Order 1982SI 1982/1194
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) (Scotland) Order 1982SI 1982/1252
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) (England and Wales) Order 1985SI 1985/202
The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) (Scotland) Order 1985SI 1985/281

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the amounts payable in England and Wales and in Scotland under sections 154(1) and 155(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972. The maximum amounts payable for hospital treatment are increased from £1,892.50 to £2,000.37 for persons treated as in-patients, and from £189.25 to £200.04 for persons treated as out-patients. For emergency treatment the fee is increased from £14.19 to £15.00, and the amount for each mile in excess of two covered by a practitioner to provide such treatment is increased from 28 pence to 29 pence. The variations apply only in respect of accidents occurring on or after 1st April 1987. The Order also revokes earlier specified Orders.