The Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2402
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic Accidents (Payments for Treatment) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st November 1992.

(2) This Order shall apply in relation to any case where, on or after 1st November 1992—

(a) treatment is first received for the purposes of section 157(1)(a) of the Act , or

(b) treatment or an examination is effected for the purposes of section 158(1) 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 £2,667.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £2,780.00, and for the sum of £267.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £278.00.

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 £19.30 there shall be substituted the sum of £20.10, and for the sum of 37 pence there shall be substituted the sum of 39 pence.