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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-tribunal-remedies-order-northern-ireland-1995/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-tribunal-remedies-order-northern-ireland-1995/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1995/240",
  "legislation_title": "Fair Employment Tribunal (Remedies) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-tribunal-remedies-order-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Calculation of interest",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)—\n(a) in the case of any sum awarded under the Act for injury to feelings, any interest included shall be for the period beginning on the date of the act of discrimination to which the award relates and ending on the day of calculation (both dates inclusive);\n(b) in the case of all other sums of damages or compensation in the award (other than any sum referred to in Article 6) any interest included shall be for the period beginning on the mid-point date and ending on the day of calculation (both dates inclusive).\n(2) Where any payment has been made before the day of calculation to the complainant by or on behalf of the respondent in respect of any loss or matter to which an award under the Act relates, interest in respect of a corresponding part of the award shall be calculated as if the references in paragraph (1), and in the definition of “mid-point date” in Article 5, to the day of calculation were to the date on which the payment was made.\n(3) Where the tribunal is of the opinion that in relation to an award under the Act—\n(a) there are exceptional circumstances, whether relating to the case as a whole or to a particular sum in the award, and\n(b) those circumstances have the effect that serious injustice would be caused if interest were to be awarded in respect of the period or periods in paragraphs (1) or (2),\nit may—\n(i) calculate interest or, as the case may be, interest on the particular sum, for such different period, or\n(ii) calculate interest for such different periods in respect of various sums in the award,\nas it considers appropriate in the circumstances, having regard to the provisions of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2007/100",
      "affecting_title": "The Fair Employment Tribunal (Remedies) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/240/article/7",
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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."
}