The Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

Interest on awards of compensation

86.—(1) The Department may by order made with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel provide that an award of compensation under Article 39(1)(b) shall carry interest at such rate and between such times as may be prescribed by the order.

(2) The power conferred by paragraph (1) includes power—

(a) to specify cases or circumstances in which interest is not payable;

(b) to provide that interest is payable only on compensation exceeding a specified amount or falling between specified amounts;

(c) to make provision for the manner in which and the periods by reference to which interest is to be calculated and paid;

(d) to provide that any statutory provision—

(i) does or does not apply in relation to interest payable by virtue of paragraph (1); or

(ii) applies to it with such modifications as may be specified in the order;

(e) to make provision for cases where compensation is payable in pursuance of decisions or awards made on appeal from the Tribunal.

(3) In particular, an order under paragraph (1) may provide that the rate of interest shall be the rate from time to time in force in relation to interest on amounts awarded by decree in the county court.