The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
S.R. 2025/173 · Made 6 November 2025 · Extends to Northern Ireland
Damages
Made 6th November 2025
Coming into operation 1st December 2025
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
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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).
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Contents
1Citation and commencementI1
This Order may be cited as the Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2025.
This Order applies only to causes of action which accrue on or after 1st December 2025.
2Variation of sumI1
In Article 3A(3)f1 of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, for “£17,200” substitute “£19,700”.
Signature
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 6th November 2025
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 December 2025, 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 £17,200 to £19,700.