# The Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Regulations 1999, Regulation 8: Payments to Hospitals


(1) The Secretary of State—
(a) shall make any payment under section 13(1) (payment to responsible body) not later than 40 days after the day he receives a payment of NHS charges;
(b) may make more than one such payment at the same time; and
(c) may do so by automatic credit transfer.
(2) In respect of each payment the Secretary of State shall send to the responsible body a statement showing—
(a) the name and address of the traffic casualty in respect of which the payment is made;
(b) the amount of the payment, and
(c) the date of the incident in respect of which the payment is made.
(3) Where—
(a) the Secretary of State receives a payment of NHS charges under section 1(2), and
(b) the responsible body of the hospital concerned (“the old body”) has ceased to exist, the Secretary of State shall pay the amount received to the body to which the property, rights and liabilities of the old body have been transferred.
(4) If the property rights and liabilities of the old body have been transferred to more than one body, the Secretary of State, may, for the purposes of paragraph (3) divide the payment among those bodies in such manner as he considers appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/785/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-nhs-charges-regulations-1999/regulation-8
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