The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/1364
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st August 1990.

(2) This Order applies in relation to treatment given on or after 1st August 1990, and to an examination made on or after that date, of a person who dies or suffers bodily injury in respect of which a payment is made under section 157 or 158 of the Act .

(3) In this Order “the Act” means the Road Traffic Act 1988 .

Section 2 Maximum payments for hospital treatment of traffic casualties

In section 157(2) of the Act (maximum amounts of payments for hospital treatment of traffic casualties) for the sum of £2,000.37 there shall be substituted the sum of £2,546.00, and for the sum of £200.04 there shall be substituted the sum of £255.00.

Section 3 Payment for emergency treatment of traffic casualties

In section 158(2) of the Act (payments by users of vehicles of fees and mileage allowances to practitioners in respect of emergency treatment) for the sum of £15.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £18.20, and for the sum of 29 pence there shall be substituted the sum of 35 pence.