# The Victims' Payments Regulations 2020, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) 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 (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—
(a)the degree of permanent disablement, or
(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—
(a)a registered medical practitioner;
(b)a registered nurse;
(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 , or
(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 ;
“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 12(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 regulation 43(3).
(2) The Scheme established by these Regulations is to be known as the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/103/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-payments-regulations-2020/regulation-2
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