- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
Dyma’r fersiwn wreiddiol (fel y’i gwnaed yn wreiddiol).
(1)Before section 1 of the Damages Act 1996 there is inserted—
(1)In determining the return to be expected from the investment of a sum awarded as damages for future pecuniary loss in an action for personal injury, a court must take into account the rate of return set by the official rate-assessor.
(2)However—
(a)the court is to do so subject to and in accordance with rules of court (if any) made for the purpose of subsection (1),
(b)the court may take a different rate of return into account if a party to the action shows that the different rate is more appropriate in the circumstances of the case.
(3)Schedule B1 contains provision about setting the rate of return for the purpose of subsection (1).
(4)In subsection (1), the reference to the official rate-assessor is to—
(a)if no regulations under paragraph (b) are in force, the Government Actuary (but, when that office is vacant, the Deputy Government Actuary), or
(b)a person appointed in place of the Government Actuary (including the Deputy as referred to in paragraph (a)) by regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
(5)Regulations under subsection (4)(b) may provide for a person to deputise for the person appointed in place of the Government Actuary.
(6)Before making regulations under subsection (4)(b), the Scottish Ministers must obtain the agreement of—
(a)as respects appointment in place of the Government Actuary, the person to be appointed,
(b)as respects deputising as mentioned in subsection (5), the person who is to deputise as provided for.
(7)Regulations under subsection (4)(b) are subject to the affirmative procedure.”.
(2)Section 1 of the Damages Act 1996 is repealed.
Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (diwygiedig):Y fersiwn ddiweddaraf sydd ar gael o’r ddeddfwriaeth yn cynnwys newidiadau a wnaed gan ddeddfwriaeth ddilynol ac wedi eu gweithredu gan ein tîm golygyddol. Gellir gweld y newidiadau nad ydym wedi eu gweithredu i’r testun eto yn yr ardal ‘Newidiadau i Ddeddfwriaeth’.
Gwreiddiol (Fel y’i Deddfwyd neu y’i Gwnaed): Mae'r wreiddiol fersiwn y ddeddfwriaeth fel ag yr oedd pan gafodd ei deddfu neu eu gwneud. Ni wnaed unrhyw newidiadau i’r testun.
Text created by the Scottish Government to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Acts of the Scottish Parliament except those which result from Budget Bills.
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