# The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1987, Note: 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/353/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-accidents-payments-for-treatment-order-1987/note
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