
Motor Traffic (Third-Party
Insurance) (Cost Recovery) (Jersey) Regulations 2013
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations –
“ambulance services” means road ambulance services
provided by or on behalf of the Minister;
“authorized insurer” includes any person deemed, by
Order made under Article 17(f) of the Law, to be an authorized insurer for
the purposes of the whole Law or Article 3(2) to (4);
“compensation payment” means a payment made (whether or
not with an admission of liability) by an authorized insurer, under or in
consequence of a policy issued under the Law, in respect of the death of or
bodily injury to any person arising out of the use of a motor vehicle on a
road;
“hospital” has the same meaning as in Article 3(3)
of the Law;
“HSS treatment” means treatment provided by or on behalf
of the Minister to any injured person at a hospital, whether as an in-patient
or as an out-patient, in respect of the person’s bodily injury arising
out of the use of a motor vehicle on a road, and includes any examination of
the injured person;
“injured person” means a person whose death or bodily
injury arises out of the use of a motor vehicle on a road and who receives
treatment at a hospital, whether as an in-patient or as an out-patient, in
respect of the injury;
“Law” means the Motor Traffic (Third-Party Insurance) (Jersey)
Law 1948;
“Minister” means the Minister for Health and Social
Services;
“settlement date” means the day on which a compensation
payment is made.
2 Delegation
of functions of Minister
(1) The Minister may
appoint a person to discharge all or any of the functions of the Minister under
these Regulations.
(2) Where a person is
appointed under paragraph (1), a reference to the Minister in these
Regulations, in connection with the function to be discharged by that person,
is to be read as a reference to that person.
3 Right
to apply for certificate of expenses before compensation payment is made
(1) Before making a
compensation payment in consequence of any injury suffered by an injured
person, an authorized insurer may apply to the Minister for a certificate of
expenses.
(2) The Minister must, upon
receipt of an application under paragraph (1), arrange for a certificate
to be issued as soon as is reasonably practicable.
(3) A certificate may
provide that it is to remain in force –
(a) until
a specified date;
(b) until
the occurrence of a specified event; or
(c) indefinitely.
(4) An authorized insurer
may apply under paragraph (1) for a fresh certificate from time to time.
(5) Paragraph (2) does
not require the Minister to arrange for a fresh certificate to be issued to an
authorized insurer applying under paragraph (4) if, when the application
is received, a certificate issued to the applicant in respect of the injured
person is still in force, but the Minister may arrange for a fresh certificate
to be issued so as to have effect upon the expiry of the current certificate.
(6) If a certificate
expires, the Minister may arrange for a fresh certificate to be issued without
an application having to be made.
4 Obligation
to apply for certificate of expenses after compensation payment is made
(1) In the circumstances
mentioned in paragraph (2), an authorized insurer who has made a
compensation payment in consequence of an injury suffered by an injured person
must apply to the Minister for a certificate of expenses.
(2) The circumstances are
that –
(a) at
the time the payment is made by the authorized insurer –
(i) no certificate
has been issued to him or her in respect of the injured person, or
(ii) if
such a certificate has been issued to him or her, it is no longer in force; and
(b) no
application for a certificate has been made by the authorized insurer during
the period of 28 days ending immediately before the day on which the
compensation payment is made.
(3) An application under
paragraph (1) must be made not later than 14 days after the date on
which the compensation payment is made.
5 Particulars
to be contained in application for certificate of expenses
An application for a certificate of expenses must contain the
following particulars –
(a) the full name and
address of the injured person;
(b) the date of birth and,
where known, the social security registration number of the person;
(c) the date on which the
injury occurred;
(d) the nature of the
injury;
(e) the name and address of
any hospital at which the injured person received HSS treatment in respect of
his or her injury;
(f) where the
authorized insurer applying for the certificate has made a compensation payment
in respect of the injury –
(a) the
date on which the compensation payment was made; and
(b) if
the injured person was an overseas visitor, whether the compensation payment
included an amount in respect of costs for the provision of HSS treatment and
ambulance services for which the injured person was charged and, if so,
documentary evidence of payment of that amount;
(g) where the certificate
applied for relates to a claim to which any of the circumstances specified in
paragraph 6 of the Schedule applies –
(i) a
statement of the proportion by which the damages payable in respect of the
claim are to be reduced to reflect the injured person’s share in the
responsibility for the injury in question, and
(ii) a
copy of the order, judgment, minute or document which provides for that
reduction; and
(h) where the certificate
applied for relates to a claim described in paragraph 7 of the Schedule,
the report referred to in that paragraph.
6 Information
to be contained in or with certificate of expenses
(1) A certificate of
expenses must specify the amount (or amounts) for which the authorized insurer
to whom it is issued is liable under Article 3(2) of the Law.
(2) Where the Minister
arranges for the issue of a certificate of expenses to a person the Minister
shall, at the same time, arrange for a notice to be sent to the person as to
the provisions in Regulation 12(1), (2) and (4).
7 Determination
of amount of expenses
The amount (or amounts) to be specified in a certificate is (or are)
to be the expenses described in Article 3(2A) of the Law, determined,
subject to the maximum amounts prescribed under Article 3(2B) of the Law,
in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 5 of the Schedule and, if applicable,
reduced in accordance with paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of the Schedule.
8 Right
to particulars of how expenses have been determined
(1) An authorized insurer
to whom a certificate is issued may apply to the Minister for the particulars
specified in paragraph (2) in respect of the certificate.
(2) The Minister shall
provide the following particulars to an authorized insurer who has applied
under paragraph (1) in respect of a certificate –
(a) in
respect of ambulance services counted for the purposes of determining any
amount in the certificate –
(i) the date on which
the services were provided, and
(ii) the
name and address of any hospital to which the injured person was taken; and
(b) in
respect of treatment counted for the purposes of determining any amount in the
certificate –
(i) the name and
address of the hospital at which that treatment took place, and
(ii) whether
the injured person was admitted to any hospital and if so, the number of days
of admission counted at each hospital.
9 Time
by which expenses must be paid
(1) If the certificate by
reference to which an amount payable under Article 3(2) of the Law is
determined is issued before the settlement date, that amount must be paid
before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the settlement
date.
(2) If the certificate by
reference to which an amount payable under Article 3(2) of the Law is
determined is issued on or after the settlement date, that amount must be paid
before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which
the certificate is issued.
(3) This Regulation is
subject to Regulation 10(2).
10 Recovery
of expenses
(1) This Regulation applies
if an authorized insurer has made a compensation payment and
either –
(a) the
authorized insurer is required by Regulation 4(1) to apply for a
certificate, but has not done so; or
(b) the
authorized insurer has not made payment, in full, of any amount due under
Article 3(2) of the Law by the end of the period allowed by
Regulation 9.
(2) The Minister
may –
(a) in a
case within paragraph (1)(a), issue the authorized insurer with a
certificate; and
(b) in a
case within paragraph (1)(b), issue the authorized insurer with a copy of
the certificate or (if more than one certificate has been issued) the most
recent certificate,
and, in either case, issue the authorized insurer with a demand that
payment of any amount due under Article 3(2) of the Law be made
immediately.
(3) The Minister may
recover the amount for which a demand for payment is made under paragraph (2)
from the authorized insurer.
(4) A demand for payment
made under paragraph (2) is enforceable as if it were an order of a court
in Jersey condemning a defendant to pay the amount.
(5) Paragraph (4) does
not prevent the Minister applying to a court in Jersey for an order of the
court condemning an authorized insurer to pay an amount due under a
certificate.
(6) A document which states
that it is a record of an amount recoverable under paragraph (3) is
conclusive evidence that the amount is so recoverable if it is signed by a
person authorized to do so by the Minister.
(7) For the purposes of
paragraph (6) a document purporting to be signed by a person authorized to
do so by the Minister is to be treated as so signed unless the contrary is
proved.
11 Review
of certificate of expenses
(1) The
Minister must review a certificate that he or she has issued if the certificate
relates to a claim made by or on behalf of an injured person –
(a) in
respect of which, after the certificate is issued, a court orders a reduction
in damages in accordance with Article 4 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey)
Law 1960;
(b) in
respect of which, after the certificate is issued, an officer of a court enters
or seals an agreed judgment or order which specifies –
(i) that
the damages are to be reduced to reflect the injured person’s share in
the responsibility for the injury in question, and
(ii) the
amount or proportion by which they are to be so reduced; or
(c) in
respect of which, after the certificate is issued, a document is made under any
provision of the law of a country outside Jersey –
(i) which
appears to the Minister to correspond to an agreed judgment or order entered or
sealed by an officer of a court in Jersey, and
(ii) which
specifies the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)(i) and (ii),
and notification of the order, judgment or
document has been given to the Minister in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) Notice
of an order, judgment, minute or document must be given to the Minister by
sending to the Minister –
(a) a
copy of the order, judgment, minute or document concerned; and
(b) particulars
of the proportion by which the damages payable in respect of the claim are to
be reduced to reflect the injured person’s share in the responsibility
for the injury in question.
(3) The
Minister may review a certificate that he or she has issued, either on an
application made for the purpose or on his or her initiative, where the
Minister is satisfied that –
(a) a
mistake (whether in computation of the amount specified or otherwise) may have
occurred in the preparation of the certificate;
(b) the
amount specified in the certificate may be in excess of the amount due to the
Minister;
(c) incorrect
or insufficient information may have been supplied to the Minister by the
person to whom the certificate was issued and, in consequence, the amount
specified in the certificate was less than it would have been had the
information supplied been correct or sufficient; or
(d) a
ground for appeal may be satisfied.
(4) An
application for a review of a certificate must be in writing, on a form
approved by the Minister and sent to the Minister not later than 3 months
after –
(a) the
date on the certificate; or
(b) if
later, the date on which the compensation payment was made.
(5) On
a review under or by virtue of this Regulation, the Minister may –
(a) confirm
the certificate;
(b) issue
a fresh certificate containing, subject to paragraph (6), such variations
as the Minister considers appropriate; or
(c) revoke
the certificate.
(6) The
Minister may not, under paragraph (5)(b), vary a certificate so as to
increase the amount, or the aggregate amount, specified unless it appears to
the Minister that the variation is required as a result of his or her having
been supplied with incorrect or insufficient information by the authorized insurer
to whom the certificate is issued.
12 Appeal
against a certificate or a waiver decision
(1) An
authorized insurer to whom a certificate has been issued may appeal to the
Minister against the certificate on one or more of the following
grounds –
(a) that
an amount (or amounts) specified in the certificate is (or are) incorrect;
(b) that
an amount (or amounts) specified in the certificate takes (or take) into
account –
(i) treatment
which is not HSS treatment received by the injured person, as a result of his
or her injury, at a hospital,
(ii) ambulance
services which are not ambulance services provided for the injured person as a
result of his or her injury, or
(iii) treatment as mentioned in clause (i)
and ambulance services as mentioned in clause (ii);
(c) that
the payment on the basis of which the certificate was issued is not a
compensation payment.
(2) An
appeal may not be made until –
(a) the
claim against the authorized insurer to whom the certificate was issued, which
gives rise to the compensation payment, has been finally disposed of; and
(b) payment
of the amount (or amounts) specified in the certificate has been made to the
Minister or the requirement to pay the amount has been waived under paragraph (4).
(3) For
the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), if a provisional award of damages has
been made under or by virtue of Article 3 of the Administration
of Justice (Interim Payments and Provisional Damages (Jersey) Law 1993, the
claim is to be treated as having been finally disposed of.
(4) The
Minister may, on an application by the authorized insurer to whom the
certificate has been issued, waive the requirement in paragraph (2)(b)
that the amount (or amounts) specified in the certificate be paid to the
Minister before the appeal is made.
(5) An
application under paragraph (4) must be made no later than –
(a) 3 months
after the date on the certificate or, if later, the date on which the
compensation payment was made; or
(b) if
the authorized insurer has been granted an extension of the time limit for an
appeal against a certificate, one month after the date of that decision.
(6) The
Minister may only grant a waiver if it appears to the Minister that payment of
the amount (or amounts) specified in the certificate would cause exceptional
hardship.
(7) An
appeal against a decision of the Minister on an application under paragraph (4)
(referred to in this Regulation and Regulations 13 and 14 as a
“waiver decision”) may be made by the authorized insurer to whom
the certificate has been issued.
(8) An
appeal against a waiver decision must be made within the period of 28 days
beginning with the day on which the Minister refuses to grant the waiver.
(9) An
appeal against a certificate must be made to the Minister within the period of
3 months beginning with the first day on which, pursuant to paragraph (2),
the appeal may be made.
(10) The
Minister may treat an appeal as made in time, even though the time specified in
paragraph (9) has expired, if the Minister is satisfied that it is in the
interests of justice to do so.
(11) Where
the points raised in an appeal against a certificate have not already been the
subject of a review under Regulation 11, the Minister may, if he or she
thinks it appropriate to do so, treat the appeal as an application for review
under Regulation 11(4).
(12) Where
the Minister decides to treat an appeal as an application for review under
Regulation 11(4), the Minister must –
(a) where
the certificate is confirmed, notify the applicant of that decision; or
(b) otherwise
issue a fresh certificate.
13 Appeals
under Regulation 12
(1) This
Regulation applies to an appeal against a certificate on a ground specified in
Regulation 12(1) and an appeal against a waiver decision.
(2) The
Minister must refer the appeal to the Royal Court.
(3) In
determining an appeal against a certificate, the Royal Court must take into
account any decision of a court relating to the same, or any similar, issue
arising in connection with the injury in question.
(4) On
an appeal against a certificate, the Royal Court may –
(a) confirm
the amount or amounts specified in the certificate;
(b) specify
any variations which are to be made on the issue of a fresh certificate under
paragraph (5); or
(c) declare
the certificate is to be revoked.
(5) When
the Minister receives the decision of the Royal Court on an appeal against a
certificate, the Minister must, in accordance with that decision –
(a) confirm
the certificate;
(b) issue
a fresh certificate; or
(c) revoke
the certificate.
(6) On
an appeal against a waiver decision the Royal Court may –
(a) confirm
the decision; or
(b) waive
the requirement in question.
(7) In
this Regulation a reference to the Royal Court is a reference to that court as
constituted, in accordance with rules of court, for the purposes of this
Regulation.
14 Appeal
against decision under Regulation 13
(1) An
appeal may be made to Royal Court against a decision under Regulation 13,
on the ground that the decision was erroneous in point of law.
(2) An
appeal under this Regulation may be made by the Minister or by the authorized
insurer no later than 28 days following receipt of the decision made under
Regulation 13.
(3) In
this Regulation a reference to the Royal Court is a reference to that court as
constituted, in accordance with rules of court, for the purposes of this
Regulation.
15 Information
to be provided in relation to an injured person
(1) If compensation is
sought in consequence of any injury suffered by an injured person, the person
against whom the claim is made and anyone acting on behalf of that person,
whether or not proceedings have been commenced, must, in accordance with
paragraph (2), provide the information specified in paragraph (5)(a)
and (b) and, where known, the information set out in paragraph (5)(c) to
(h).
(2) The information must be
sent to the Minister, not later than 14 days after the date on which the
claim in respect of the death or injury is made by or on behalf of the injured
person.
(3) If compensation is
sought in consequence of any injury suffered by an injured person the following
persons must comply with paragraph (4) –
(a) the
injured person or, if that person has died, his or her personal representative;
(b) any
person, other than a person required to give notice under paragraph (1),
who is, or is alleged to be, liable to any extent in respect of the injury;
(c) if
the claim is not made by the injured person, the person by whom it is made; and
(d) any
person acting on behalf of a person within any of sub-paragraphs (a) to
(c).
(4) The person must send to
the Minister, such information set out in paragraph (5), where known, as
the Minister may request not later than 14 days after the date of the request.
(5) The information
is –
(a) the
full name and address of the injured person;
(b) the
full name and address of –
(i) the person
against whom the claim is made,
(ii) anyone
acting on behalf of that person;
(c) the
date of birth or social security registration number of the injured person;
(d) the
date on which the injury occurred;
(e) the
nature of the injury;
(f) in
respect of HSS treatment received at a hospital in respect of the
injury –
(i) the name and
address of the hospital, and
(ii) whether
the injured person was admitted to hospital and, if so, the date of admission
and discharge,
(iii) in
respect of ambulance services provided to the injured person as a result of his
or her injury –
(A) the date on
which the services were provided,
(B) the
name and address of any hospital to which the injured person was taken.
(6) Where the Minister has
appointed a person under Regulation 2 to discharge all or any of the
Minister’s functions under these Regulations, the Minister shall provide
the person appointed with such information regarding the provision of ambulance
services and HSS treatment to an injured person as a result of his or her
injury as the person appointed requires to discharge those functions.
16 Structured
settlements
(1) This Regulation applies
where, apart from the provisions of this Regulation, the payments due under an
agreement or court order referred to in paragraph (2) would fall to be
treated for the purposes of these Regulations as compensation payments.
(2) The agreement or court
order referred to in paragraph (1) is –
(a) an
agreement entered into in final settlement of a claim made by or on behalf of
an injured person for –
(i) the making of
periodical compensation payments (whether of an income or capital nature), or
(ii) the
making of such payments and lump sum payments; or
(b) an
order by a court which –
(i) awards damages to
an injured person in respect of injury or death arising out of an incident; and
(ii) orders
that the damages are wholly or partly to take the form of periodical payments.
(3) Where this Regulation
applies –
(a) the
person liable to make the payment under the agreement or order shall be taken
to have made a single compensation payment on the day of agreement or the date
of making of the court order;
(b) payments
made under the agreement or court order referred to in paragraph (2), and
any other payment made to the injured person after the day of agreement or
court order in respect of the same incident, shall be taken not to be
compensation payments.
(4) In this Regulation,
“the day of agreement” means –
(a) if
the agreement referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is approved by the court,
the day on which that approval is given; and
(b) in
any other case, the day on which the agreement is entered into.
17 Interim
payments repaid under court order
(1) This Regulation applies
where –
(a) an
authorized insurer has made a payment of expenses to the Minister;
(b) that
payment relates to a compensation payment which was an interim payment of
damages in respect of the injury, the whole amount of which a court has ordered
to be repaid; and
(c) no
other compensation payment has been made by that person to the injured person
in respect of the same injury.
(2) Where this Regulation
applies, the Minister shall repay to the person who made the compensation
payment the amount of the payment referred to in paragraph (1)(a).
18 Circumstances
in which payment into court to be treated as compensation payment
(1) A payment into court
made in respect of an injured person shall only be treated as the making of a
compensation payment if it is –
(a) accepted by or on behalf of the injured person within the initial
period;
(b) accepted, after the initial period, in satisfaction of the injured
person's claim by consent between the parties; or
(c) made, after the initial period, in accordance with a court order
and in satisfaction of the claim.
(2) In paragraph (1),
“the initial period” means the period of 21 days after the
receipt by the injured person of notice of the payment into court having been
made.
(3) In the circumstances
referred to in paragraph (1)(a), the compensation payment shall be treated
as having been made on the date on which the payment into court was made.
(4) In the circumstances
referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the compensation payment shall be treated
as having been made on the date on which the application to the court for
payment out is made.
(5) In the circumstances
referred to in paragraph (1)(c), the compensation payment shall be treated
as having been made on the date of the court order.
19 Refund
of overpayment by authorized insurer
(1) This Regulation applies
where –
(a) either –
(i) the Minister has
made a re-determination of the expenses in accordance with paragraph 8(4)
of the Schedule, or
(ii) as
a result of a review under Regulation 11 or on an appeal under
Regulation 12 or 14 a fresh certificate has been issued or a
certificate has been revoked; and
(b) in
consequence of the re-determination, review or appeal, it appears that the
amount of any expenses paid by an authorized insurer is more than the amount
that the person ought to have paid.
(2) Where this Regulation
applies, the Minister shall pay to authorized insurer who paid the expenses the
difference between the amount that has been paid and the amount that ought to
have been paid.
20 Underpayment
by authorized insurer
(1) This Regulation applies
where –
(a) either –
(i) the Minister has
made a re-determination of the expenses in accordance with paragraph 8(4)
of the Schedule, or
(ii) as
a result of a review under Regulation 11 or on an appeal under
Regulation 12 or 14 a fresh certificate has been issued or a
certificate has been revoked; and
(b) in
consequence of the re-determination, review or appeal it appears that the
amount of any expenses paid by an authorized insurer is less than the amount
that the person ought to have paid.
(2) Where this Regulation
applies the authorized insurer shall pay to the Minister the difference between
the amount that has been paid and the amount that ought to have been paid.
21 Requirement
for Minister to provide statement of expenses
Where the Minister repays an overpayment under Regulation 19 or
requires a payment under Regulation 20 the Minister shall send a statement
to the authorized insurer who paid the expenses showing –
(a) the name and address of
the injured person to whom the statement relates;
(b) the total amount
already paid to the Minister;
(c) the amount that ought
to have been paid to the Minister; and
(d) the amount of the
difference between the amount already paid and the amount that ought to have
been paid, and whether a repayment by the Minister to the authorized insurer,
or a further payment by the authorized insurer to the Minister is required.
22 Payments
received by Minister
A payment received by the Minister from an
authorized insurer under these Regulations is income of the Minister’s
department of the States.
23 Citation
and application
(1) These
Regulations may be cited as the Motor Traffic
(Third-Party Insurance) (Cost Recovery) (Jersey) Regulations 2013.
(2) These
Regulations do not apply to a claim arising out of an accident that occurs
before the commencement of these Regulations.
SCHEDULE
(Regulation 7)
DETERMINATION
OF EXPENSES
1 Amount
of expenses
(1) Subject
to the following provisions of this Part, a certificate shall
specify –
(a) an
amount, not exceeding the amount prescribed for the purposes of Article 3(2B)(c)
of the Law, for each occasion on which, as a result of his or her injury, the
injured person was provided with ambulance services for the purpose of taking
him or her to a hospital for treatment;
(b) where
the injured person received HSS treatment at a hospital in respect of his or
her injury, either –
(i) if the person was
not admitted to hospital, an amount not exceeding the amount prescribed for the
purposes of Article 3(2B)(b) of the Law, or
(ii) if
the person was admitted to hospital, an amount, not exceeding the amount
prescribed for the purposes of Article 3(2B)(a) of the Law, for each day
or part day of admission.
(2) For
the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) the reference to taking a person to
hospital includes taking the person from one hospital to another.
(3) Where
the injured person was admitted to hospital on one day and discharged on
another day, the day of discharge shall be disregarded for the purposes of
sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii).
(4) The
amount which a certificate may specify under sub-paragraph (1)(a)
or (1)(b) or both must not exceed the amount prescribed for the purposes
of Article 3(2B)(d) of the Law.
2 Treatment
to be disregarded
If or to the extent that
a certificate relates to the treatment of an injured person –
(a) in
a hospital that is carried on for profit; or
(b) in
a hospital, in a case where the Minister is not liable for the cost of the
treatment,
the certificate must
indicate that no amount is payable to the Minister by reference to the
certificate.
3 Allowance
for earlier payment
(1) This
sub-paragraph applies where an authorized insurer –
(a) makes
a compensation payment in the form of a lump sum (an “earlier
payment”); and
(b) subsequently
makes another compensation payment in respect of the same injury (a
“later payment”).
(2) Where
sub-paragraph (1) applies, the amount for the purposes of Article 3(2)
of the Law to be specified in the certificate in respect of the later payment
shall be the amount determined in accordance with these Regulations, subject to
the prescribed maximum amounts, reduced by the amount paid in satisfaction of
any liable to pay expenses in connection with the earlier payment.
4 Overseas
visitors’ charges
Where –
(a) an
injured person who is an overseas visitor has been charged for the provision of
HSS treatment and ambulance services; and
(b) the
compensation payment made to or in respect of that person includes an amount in
respect of the charges referred to in sub-paragraph (a),
the amount of the
expenses to be specified in the certificate which relates to the compensation
payment referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be £0.
5 Treatment
to be taken into account
(1) A
certificate shall only take into account treatment received, or ambulance
services provided, before the date the certificate is issued.
(2) A
certificate issued on an application by an authorized insurer made after a
compensation payment has been made shall only take into account treatment
received, or ambulance services provided, before the settlement date.
6 Court
order for reduction in damages
If a certificate relates
to a claim made by or on behalf of an injured person –
(a) in
respect of which a court has ordered a reduction in damages under Article 4
of the Law Reform
(Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 1960;
(b) in
respect of which a court has entered or sealed an agreed judgment or order
which specifies –
(i) that
the damages are to be reduced to reflect the injured person’s share in
the responsibility for the injury in question, and
(ii) the
amount or proportion by which the damages are to be so reduced; or
(c) in
respect of which a document has been made under any provision of the law of a
place outside Jersey –
(i) which
appears to the Minister to correspond to an agreed judgment or order entered or
sealed by an officer of a court in Jersey, and
(ii) which
specifies the matters mentioned in clauses (i) and (ii) of
sub-paragraph (b),
the amount (or amounts)
specified in the certificate is (or are) to be that (or those) which would be
so specified apart from this paragraph, reduced by the same proportion as the
reduction in damages.
7 Settlement
agreeing reduction in damages
(1) If –
(a) the
authorized insurer applying for a certificate sends to the Minister a report
which contains the information specified in sub-paragraph (2) and is
signed by the parties to the agreement referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a);
and
(b) it
appears to the Minister, from that report, that the agreement was reached in a
fair manner,
the amount (or amounts)
specified in the certificate shall be reduced by the same proportion as the
reduction of damages in the claim.
(2) For
the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) the following information is
specified –
(a) a
statement that it was agreed by or on behalf of the injured person and the
person who proposed to make a compensation payment that the damages payable
under the settlement were to be reduced to reflect the injured person’s
share in the responsibility for the injury in question;
(b) a
statement as to how that agreement was reached;
(c) the
amount of damages payable under the settlement had there been no such
agreement; and
(d) the amount or proportion by which it was agreed
that the damages were to be reduced; and
(e) the
names of all those involved in the settlement process.
8 Apportionment
of liability to pay expenses
(1) This
paragraph applies where each of 2 or more persons (the
“compensators”), at least one of whom is an authorized
insurer –
(a) has
made a compensation payment to or in respect of an injured person in respect of
the injury; or
(b) is,
or is alleged to be, liable to any extent in respect of the injury.
(2) This
sub-paragraph applies where –
(a) an
authorized insurer applies for a certificate under Regulation 6 or 7
and, at the time of making the application, requests that the liability to pay
the expenses in respect of the injury to be apportioned between the
compensators; and
(b) before
the Minister issues the certificate, the Minister receives sufficient evidence
to enable the Minister to determine how that liability is to be apportioned.
(3) This
sub-paragraph applies where –
(a) an
authorized insurer to whom a certificate has been issued requests that the
liability to pay the expenses be apportioned between the compensators; and
(b) the
Minister receives sufficient evidence to enable the Minister to determine how
that liability is to be apportioned.
(4) Where
sub-paragraph (2) or (3) applies –
(a) the
Minister shall determine or, in the case of an authorized insurer) to whom a
certificate has been issued, re-determine, the liability of each compensator to
pay the expenses;
(b) for
the purposes of clause (a), the Minister shall apportion between the
compensators the amount of the expenses that would be payable if there was only
one compensator;
(c) in
the case of an authorized insurer to whom a certificate has not been issued,
the certificate when issued to that person shall specify the liability to pay
the relevant expenses and the share of that liability that has been apportioned
to that person; and
(d) in
the case of an authorized insurer to whom a certificate has been issued, when
the Minister re-determines that person’s liability to pay the expenses,
Regulation 11(5) shall apply as if the re-determination were a review
under that Regulation.
(5) In
this paragraph, “compensation payment” includes a payment made by a
person who is not an authorized insurer, in respect of the death of or bodily
injury to any person arising out of the use of a motor vehicle on a road.