National Health Service (Penalty Charge) (Scotland) Regulations 1999
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 1999/121 |
| Year | 1999 |
1999 No. 121
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
The National Health Service (Penalty Charge) (Scotland) Regulations 1999
Made 14th October 1999
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 21th October 1999
Coming into force 16th November 1999
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of powers conferred on them bysections 99ZB(1), (2), (4) and (5), 105(7) and 108(1) of the NationalHealth Service (Scotland) Act 19781, and of all other powersenabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (PenaltyCharge) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 16thNovember 1999.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; and
“surcharge” has the meaning given in regulation 4 of theseRegulations.
Service of a penalty notice
2.—(1) Where a person fails to pay any amount referred to in section99ZB(1)(a) or (b) of the Act2, the responsible authority mayserve a penalty notice requiring the person, within the period of 28 daysbeginning with the date on which the penalty notice was sent, to pay thatamount to the responsible authority together with a penalty chargedetermined in accordance with regulation 3 of these Regulations.
(2) A penalty notice shall be sent by post to the person’s last known address.
(3) The penalty notice shall state–
(a)
(a) the name of the person liable to pay the amount required to be paidunder the penalty notice;
(b)
(b) the amount recoverable as mentioned in section 99ZB(1)(a) or (b) of theAct;
(c)
(c) the amount of the penalty charge calculated in accordance withregulation 3 of these Regulations;
(d)
(d) the sum of the amounts referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), whichshall represent the total amount required to be paid under the penaltynotice;
(e)
(e) in relation to the total amount required to be paid under the penaltynotice–
(i) the responsible authority to whom that amount shall be paid;
(ii) the address to which that amount shall be sent;
(iii) the methods by which payment may be made; and
(iv) in accordance with paragraph (1), the date by which that amount shallbe paid to the responsible authority;
(f)
(f) that if the person fails to pay the amount he is required to pay by thedate specified in the penalty notice–
(i) the person must also pay to the responsible authority a surcharge; and
(ii) the amount of...
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