Paragraph 26 Post Office Horizon compensation paymentsF1

(1)

A payment of compensation made by Post Office Limited to a person in respect of a historic conviction that was quashed because it involved evidence from the Horizon system.

(2)

A payment of compensation made by the Department for Business and Trade to a person who was a party to a claim against Post Office Limited in respect of the Horizon system that was subject to a group litigation order.

(3)

In this paragraph—

“the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by Post Office Limited known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;
“Post Office Limited” means the private company limited by shares incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 02154540.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 Pt. X para. 26 inserted (16.3.2023) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/186), regs. 1, 2

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: See sections 3(2) and (5), 4(5) and (6), 116, 117, 118, 119 and 120 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (“the Act”) as amended respectively by paragraphs 3, 4, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the Transfer Act”). The functions of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) were transferred to the Department for Social Development by Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481).
F2: See section 176(2)(b) of the Act.