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19 Payments by more than one person.E+W+S
(1)Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Act) for any case in which two or more persons (“the compensators”) make compensation payments to or in respect of the same injured person in consequence of the same accident, injury or disease.
(2)In such a case, the sum of the liabilities of the compensators under section 6 is not to exceed the total amount of the recoverable benefits, and the regulations may provide for determining the respective liabilities under that section of each of the compensators.
(3)The regulations may (among other things) provide in the case of each compensator—
(a)for determining or re-determining the part of the recoverable benefits which may be taken into account in his case,
(b)for calculating or re-calculating in accordance with section 8 [F1or 8A] the amount of any compensation payment,
(c)for giving credit for amounts already paid, and
(d)for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 19(3)(b) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 8; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)
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C1Ss. 18 19 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1596), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 (with reg. 6)
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I1S. 19 wholly in force at 6.10.1997; s. 19 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 34(2); s. 19 in force for specified purposes at 3.9.1997 by S.I. 1997/2085, art 2(1); s. 19 wholly in force at 6.10.1997 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1997/2085, art. 2(2)
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