# The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Regulations 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Road Traffic (NHS Charge) Regulations 1999 provides for a scheme for the recovery from insurers and certain other persons of charges in connection with the treatment of road traffic casualties by the national health service.
These regulations make provision in connection with the scheme as follows:
(a) certificates of NHS charges (regulations 2 to 6);
(b) information requirements (regulation 7);
(c) payments of NHS charges to hospitals (regulation 8);
(d) overpayments and underpayments of NHS charges (regulations 9 to 12);
(e) application of the scheme in respect of multiple compensation payments (regulation 13), structured settlements (regulation 14), interim payment (regulation 15) and payments into court (regulation 16);
(f) payments exempt from the scheme regulation 17.
The compliance costs for business in relation to the scheme are set out in the Regulatory Impact Assessment, which can be obtained from the Department of Health Stores, PO Box 410, Wetherby, Leeds LS23 7LN Fax 0990 210 266.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/785/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-nhs-charges-regulations-1999/note
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