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Regulation 10 Underpayments by compensators

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(1)

Where a fresh certificate has been issued as a result of a review under section 6 or an appeal under section 7 and the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 10(3) (underpayments) are satisfied—

(a)

the person who made the payment shall pay to the Secretary of State the difference between the total amount paid and the amount that ought to have been paid; and

(b)

the Secretary of State shall pay that difference to the responsible body of the hospital at which the treatment, in respect of which the payment was made, was given.

(2)

Where any such payment relates to treatment at more than one hospital, the Secretary of State, must, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), divide the difference among the responsible bodies of the hospitals concerned in such manner as he considers appropriate.