Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “appeal panel” means a panel appointed by the President of the Board under regulation 35(1);

• “the Board” means the Victims' Payments Board established by regulation 3(1);

• “the Executive Office” means the Executive Office in Northern Ireland;

• “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 M1 (see section 3 of that Act).

• “degree of disablement” means the degree of disablement assessed in accordance with regulation 15 and “assessed” is to be construed accordingly;

• “the deceased” has the meaning given in regulation 10(1);

• “degree of relevant disablement” means—

  1. (a)

     the degree of permanent disablement, or

  2. (b)

     in a case where an interim assessment has been made, the degree of disablement of a person during an interim period;

• “the Department” means the Department designated under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1;

• “disablement” means damage, disfigurement and loss of physical or mental capacity resulting from injury, and “disabled” shall be construed accordingly;

• “health care professional” means—

  1. (a)

     a registered medical practitioner;

  2. (b)

     a registered nurse;

  3. (c)

     an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999 M2, or

  4. (d)

     a member of such other profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 M3;

• “interim assessment” has the meaning given by regulation 14(1)(b);

• “interim period” has the meaning given by regulation 14(1)(a);

• “legal member” means a member of the Board appointed under paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 1;

• “medical member” means a member of the Board appointed under paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 1;

• “ordinary member” means a member of the Board appointed under paragraph 3(1)(c) of Schedule 1;

• “panel” means a panel appointed by the President of the Board (other than an appeal panel);

• “permanent”, in relation to disablement, means where, following appropriate clinical management of adequate duration, an injury has reached a steady or stable state at maximum medical improvement;

• “personal data” means data within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018 except that it also includes data relating to a deceased individual where the data would be personal data within the meaning of that section if it related to a living individual;

• “relevant incident” means a Troubles-related incident determined by a panel under regulation F112(3)(b) or 12(3)(c) to be an incident in relation to which the applicant is entitled to victims' payments;

• “review panel” means a panel appointed by the President of the Board under F2regulation 43(3).

The Scheme established by these Regulations is to be known as the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.