# The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Regulations 1999, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th April 1999.
(2) 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;
“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;
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered section is a reference, unless the context otherwise requires, to that section of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/785/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-nhs-charges-regulations-1999/regulation-1
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