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The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (Northern Ireland) Order 2016

S.R. 2016/74 · Made 24 February 2016

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Damages

Made 24th February 2016

Coming into operation 1st April 2016

The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3A(5) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f1and now vested in the Department of Justicef2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18). Article 3A was inserted by section 68 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53). Article 3A(5) was amended by Articles 1(2) and 15(5) of, and paragraph 112 of Schedule 18 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/ 976).

f2

S.I. 2010/976.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Variation of Sum
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2016.

(2)

This Order applies only to causes of action which accrue on or after 1st April 2016.

2Variation of Sum

In Article 3A(3)f1 of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 for “£11,800” substitute “£14,200”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 24th February 2016

L.S.

David Ford

Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies only to causes of action accruing on or after 1st April 2016, amends Article 3A(3) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18)) increasing the sum which may be awarded for damages for bereavement in Northern Ireland from £11,800 to £14,200.