Article 13 Payment of award

Where a decision is taken to make an award of compensation under the Act and a written acceptance of the amount of the award is given to the Board before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the notification issue date (as defined by rule 11(2)), the secretary to the Board must instruct the designated Department to arrange for payment of the award to be made on behalf of the Board by BACS transfer to the bank account the details of which are specified in the written acceptance.

Where a decision is taken to award a person compensation under the Act, the panel appointed under section 8 of the Act or the single judicial member of the Board selected under section 16 of the Act making the decision may order that the award is to be held on trust for the person and may specify terms on which it is to be held.

If the Board discovers that a payment of compensation has been made in error, it must inform the recipient of the payment that it requires the amount specified by the Board to be repaid within the period so specified; and the Board may for that purpose permit the recipient to make the repayment by instalments.

The amount of a payment made in error as mentioned in paragraph (3) is recoverable by the designated Department on behalf of the Board as a debt due to the Board.

A reference in this rule to a decision to make an award of compensation under the Act to a person includes a reference to a decision to make a payment of £10,000 to the person under section 14 of the Act.

A reference in this rule to the designated Department is a reference to the Department designated under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Act.