11Maximum fees recoverable by medical practitioner

11 Maximum fees recoverable by medical practitioner

11 Maximum fees recoverable by medical practitioner

(1) The maximum fees for providing a service specified in Schedule 2 in relation to any motor accident are the fees set out in that Schedule for that service, except as otherwise provided by this Part.

(2) A reference in that Schedule to a report means, if the Motor Accidents Medical Guidelines require medical reports to be in a particular form, a report in that form.

(3) A claimant may not claim an amount set out in item 5 or 6 of Schedule 2 in respect of an initial report by an attending medical practitioner unless—

(a) the claimant has requested in writing that the insurer provide the report to the claimant, and

(b) the insurer has failed to do so within a reasonable time.

(4) This clause does not affect fees recovered before 17 December 1999 or for which a bill was issued before that day.