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The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022

S.R. 2022/243 · Made 6 October 2022 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Damages

Made 6th October 2022

Coming into operation 1st November 2022

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 1977f1 and 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 commencementI1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2022.

(2)

This Order applies only to causes of action which accrue on or after 1st November 2022.

2Variation of sumI1

In Article 3A(3)f1 of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, for “£15,100” substitute “£17,200”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 6th October 2022

L.S.

Naomi R Long

Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies to causes of action accruing on or after 1st November 2022, 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 £15,100 to £17,200.