Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Amendment Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the principal Regulations” means the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Regulations 1999( 2 );

“the 2004 Regulations” means the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Amendment Regulations 2004( 3 ).

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales( 4 ).

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

2. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (amount of NHS charges – incidents on or after 2nd July 1997) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£473” there shall be substituted “£483”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£582” there shall be substituted “£593”;

(b) in paragraph (4), for “£34,800” there shall be substituted “£35,500”.

Saving

3. Notwithstanding regulation 2 above, the principal Regulations shall continue to have effect in respect of a certificate relating to an incident which occurred before 1st April 2005 as if the amendments made by these Regulations had not been made.