LegalizeThe Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019
Made: 4th April 2019
Coming into operation: 1st May 2019
The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3A(5) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977[^f00001]and now vested in the Department of Justice[^f00002].
Citation and commencement
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- (1) This Order may be cited as the Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2019.
- (2) This Order applies only to causes of action which accrue on or after 1st May 2019.
Variation of Sum
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In Article 3A(3)[^f00003] of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 for “£14,200” substitute “£15,100”.
Signed
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 4th April 2019
Peter May — A senior officer of the Department of Justice
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order, which applies only to causes of action accruing on or after 1st May 2019, amends Article 3A(3) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18)) increasing the sum which may be awarded for damages for bereavement in Northern Ireland from £14,200 to £15,100.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18). Article 3A was inserted by section 68 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53). Article 3A(5) was amended by Articles 1(2) and 15(5) of, and paragraph 112 of Schedule 18 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/ 976).
[^f00002]: S.I. 2010/976.
[^f00003]: Article 3A(3) was last amended by S.R. 2016 No. 74.
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