{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1988/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1988/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1988/793",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order repeals and re-enacts with amendments the Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977. The principal amendments are—\n(a) to introduce a bereavement award of £3,500 and an award of £5,000 to a woman who intends to keep a child conceived as a result of a rape;\n(b) to enable criminal convictions indicative of the conduct and way of life of the victim or applicant to be taken into account in the assessment of compensation;\n(c) to restrict the cases in which compensation is awarded for nervous shock;\n(d) to increase the minimum amount of a claim for compensation;\n(e) to increase the discretionary payments limit in respect of children;\n(f) to restrict the introduction of new matter in an appeal against a determination of compensation;\n(g) to introduce time limits for applications for compensation; and\n(h) to exclude from compensation certain injuries sustained accidentally in the course of arresting offenders or preventing offences.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1988/793/note",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}