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Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill

This is the text of the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill, as presented to the House of Commons on 27 November 1998.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Health, are published separately as Bill 3-EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Secretary Dobson has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
 
  
Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

Payment for hospital treatment
Clause 
1.Payment for hospital treatment of traffic casualties.

Certificates of NHS charges
2.Applications for certificates of NHS charges.
3.Information contained in certificates.

Recovery of NHS charges
4.Payment of NHS charges.
5.Recovery of NHS charges.

Reviews and appeals
6.Review of certificates.
7.Appeals against a certificate.
8.Appeal tribunals.
9.Appeal to the court on point of law.
10.Reviews and appeals supplementary.

Information
11.Provision of information.
12.Use of information held by the Secretary of State.

Payments to hospitals
13.Payment of NHS charges to hospitals.

Miscellaneous and general
14.Regulations governing payments into court, etc.
15.Application of Act to military hospitals.
16.Regulations and orders.
17.Interpretation.
18.Consequential amendments.
19.Expenditure.
20.Transitional provision.
21.Short title, etc.
 

 
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