Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th April 1999.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999;

• “certificate” means a certificate of NHS charges issued under section 2 of the Act.

• “Compensation Recovery Unit” means the Compensation Recovery Unit of the Department of Social Security^f1;

• “hospital” means a health service hospital within the meaning of section 17 of the Act;

• “incident” means an incident whereby a person suffers injury, or suffers injury and dies, as a result of the use of a motor vehicle on a road;

A reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference, unless the context otherwise requires, to that section of the Act.