1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

1992 c. 8.

1992 c. 7.

1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

1982 c. 53.

fully exercised by SR 1997/400

Art. 2(2): definition of "appeal tribunal" inserted (29.11.1999 for certain purposes otherwise prosp.) by Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(2), 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 119; S.R. 1999/472, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with transitional provisions in arts. 20, 21)

Words in art. 2(2) in definition of "benefit" inserted (27.10.2008) by Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/286), regs. 1(b), 3(2)

Art. 3A inserted (27.8.2008 for certain purposes otherwise 1.10.2008) by Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 9), ss. 8, 12(1); S.R. 2008/351, art. 2(1), Sch.

prosp. in pt. subst. by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. rep. by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. inserted by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. rep. by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. added by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. inserted by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. subst. by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. rep. by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. added by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. subst. by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. rep. by 1998 NI 10

prosp. in pt. inserted by 1998 NI 10

Art. 10A inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 12; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 2(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Word in art. 3(2)(a) omitted (31.3.2014) by virtue of Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(a); S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Art. 3(2)(c) and preceding word inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 11(b); S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Word in art. 3A(2)(b) omitted (31.3.2014) by virtue of Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 18(2)(a); S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Art. 3A(2)(d) and words inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 18(2)(b); S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 3A(4)(a) substituted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 18(3); S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 11(1) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 11(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 11(3)(a) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 11(4)(a) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Art. 12(4) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 13; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 13(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 14; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 13(2)(b) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 15(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 15; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 15(2)(c) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 16(4)(a) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 21(3)(b) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 22(4)(a) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 23(1) inserted (31.3.2014) by virtue of Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Words in art. 23(5)(a) inserted (31.3.2014) by virtue of Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Art. 25(6A) inserted (31.3.2014) by Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 20; S.I. 2014/459, art. 3(c)

Art. 13(2A)(2B) inserted (17.3.2016 with effect as mentioned in art. 107(7)-(9) of the amending Order) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 11 para. 7(2); S.R. 2016/166, art. 2(b)

Words in art. 13(5)(c) inserted (17.3.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 11 para. 7(3); S.R. 2016/166, art. 2(b)

Words in art. 28(1) inserted (17.3.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 11 para. 8(2); S.R. 2016/166, art. 2(b)

Art. 28(1A) inserted (17.3.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 11 para. 8(3); S.R. 2016/166, art. 2(b)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/1183/body/2016-03-17The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-01-24Expert Participation2016-03-17
1Title and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.

2

This Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint.

2Interpretation1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

2

In this Order—

“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

“appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part II of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

“benefit” means any benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act, a jobseeker's allowance , an employment and support allowance or mobility allowance;

“compensation scheme for motor accidents” means any scheme or arrangement under which funds are available for the payment of compensation in respect of motor accidents caused, or alleged to have been caused, by uninsured or unidentified persons;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

“the Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services;

“listed benefit” means a benefit listed in column (2) of Schedule 2;

“National Insurance Fund” means the Northern Ireland National Insurance Fund;

“payment” means payment in money or money's worth;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

“regulations” means regulations made by the Department;

scheme administrator”, in relation to the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, has the meaning given by section 18 of the Mesothelioma Act 2014.

“statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

Introductory
3Cases in which this Order applies1

This Order applies in cases where—

a

a person makes a payment (whether on his own behalf or not) to or in respect of any other person in consequence of any accident, injury or disease suffered by the other, and

b

any listed benefits have been, or are likely to be, paid to or for the other during the relevant period in respect of the accident, injury or disease.

2

The reference in paragraph (1)(a) to a payment in consequence of any accident, injury or disease is to a payment made—

a

by or on behalf of a person who is, or is alleged to be, liable to any extent in respect of the accident, injury or disease, ...

b

in pursuance of a compensation scheme for motor accidents, or

c

under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (established under the Mesothelioma Act 2014);

but does not include a payment mentioned in Part I of Schedule 1.

3

Paragraph (1)(a) applies to a payment made—

a

voluntarily, or in pursuance of a court order or an agreement, or otherwise, and

b

in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

4

In a case where this Order applies—

a

the “injured person” is the person who suffered the accident, injury or, disease,

b

the “compensation payment” is the payment within paragraph (1)(a), ad

c

“recoverable benefit” is any listed benefit which has been or is likely to be paid as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).

3ALump sum payments: regulation-making power1

The Department may by regulations make provision about the recovery of the amount of a payment to which paragraph (2) applies (a “lump sum payment”) where—

a

a compensation payment in consequence of a disease is made to or in respect of a person (“P”) to whom, or in respect of whom, a lump sum payment has been, or is likely to be, made, and

b

the compensation payment is made in consequence of the same disease as the lump sum payment.

2

This paragraph applies to—

a

a payment made in accordance with the Pneumoconiosis, etc. , (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (in this Article referred to as “ the 1979 Order ”);

b

a payment made in accordance with the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, ...

c

an extra-statutory payment (within the meaning given by paragraph (5)(d)), and

d

a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (established under the Mesothelioma Act 2014),

(but this paragraph does not apply to a payment within sub-paragraph (d) in a case where the compensation payment is itself such a payment).

3

Regulations under this Article may, in particular—

a

make provision about the recovery of the amount of a lump sum payment made to or in respect of a dependant of P;

b

make provision enabling the recovery of the amount of a lump sum payment from a compensation payment (including provision enabling the recovery of an amount which reduces the compensation payment to nil);

c

enable the amount of a lump sum payment made before commencement to be recovered from a compensation payment made after commencement;

d

make provision about certificates in respect of lump sum payments;

e

apply any provision of this Order, with or without modifications.

4

References in paragraph (1) to a payment made in consequence of a disease—

a

are references to a payment made as specified in Article 3(2)(a) or (c) in respect of the disease, but

b

do not include references to a payment mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

5

In this Article—

a

commencement ” means the date on which this Article comes into operation,

b

compensation payment ” means a payment within Article 3(1)(a),

c

dependant ” has the meaning given by Article 5 of the 1979 Order, and

d

extra-statutory payment ” means a payment made by the Department to or in respect of a person following the rejection by the Department of a claim under the 1979 Order.

4Compensation payments to which this Order applies

This Order applies in relation to compensation payments made on or after the day on which this Article comes into operation, unless they are made in pursuance of a court order or agreement made before that day.

5“The relevant period”1

In relation to a person ( “the claimant”) who has suffered any accident, injury or disease, “the relevant period” has the meaning given by the following paragraphs.

2

Subject to paragraph (4), if it is a case of accident or injury, the relevant period is the period of five years from the day on which the accident or injury in question occurred.

3

Subject to paragraph (4), if it is a case of disease, the relevant period is the period of five years beginning with (and including) the date on which the claimant first claims a listed benefit in consequence of the disease.

4

If at any time before the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2) or (3)—

a

a person makes a compensation payment in final discharge of any claim made by or in respect of the claimant and arising out of the accident, injury or disease, or

b

an agreement is made under which an earlier compensation payment is treated as having been made in final discharge of any such claim,

the relevant period ends at that time.

Certificates of recoverable benefits
6Applications for certificates of recoverable benefits1

Before a person ( “the compensator”) makes a compensation payment he shall apply to the Department for a certificate of recoverable benefits.

2

Where the compensator applies for a certificate of recoverable benefits, the Department shall—

a

send to him a written acknowledgement of receipt of his application, and

b

subject to paragraph (7), issue the certificate before the end of the following period.

3

The period is—

a

the prescribed period, or

b

if there is no prescribed period, the period of four weeks,

which begins with the day on which the application is received.

4

The certificate is to remain in force until the date specified in it for that purpose.

5

The compensator may apply for fresh certificates from time to time.

6

Where a certificate of recoverable benefits ceases to be in force, the Department may issue a fresh certificate without an application for one being made.

7

Where the compensator applies for a fresh certificate while a certificate ( “the existing certificate”) remains in force, the Department shall issue the fresh certificate before the end of the following period.

8

The period is—

a

the prescribed period, or

b

if there is no prescribed period, the period of four weeks,

which begins with the day on which the existing certificate ceases to be in force.

9

For the purposes of this Order, regulations may provide for the day on which an application for a certificate of recoverable benefits is to be treated as received.

7Information contained in certificates1

A certificate of recoverable benefits shall specify, for each recoverable benefit—

a

the amount which has been or is likely to have been paid on or before a specified date, and

b

if the benefit is paid or likely to be paid after the specified date, the rate and period for which, and the intervals at which, it is or is likely to be so paid.

2

In a case where the relevant period has ended before the day on which the Department receives the application for the certificate, the date specified in the certificate for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall be the day on which the relevant period ended.

3

In any other case, the date specified for those purposes shall not be earlier than the day on which the Department received the application.

4

The Department may estimate, in such manner as it thinks fit, any of the amounts, rates or periods specified in the certificate.

5

Where the Department issues a certificate of recoverable benefits, it shall provide the information contained in the certificate to—

a

the person who appears to it to be the injured person, or

b

any person who it thinks will receive a compensation payment in respect of the injured person.

6

A person to whom a certificate of recoverable benefits is issued or who is provided with information under paragraph (5) is entitled to particulars of the manner in which any amount, rate or period specified in the certificate has been determined, if he applies to the Department for those particulars.

Liability of person paying compensation
8Liability to pay Department amount of benefits1

A person who makes a compensation payment in any case is liable to pay to the Department an amount equal to the total amount of the recoverable benefits.

2

The liability referred to in paragraph (1) arises immediately before the compensation payment or, if there is more than one, the first of them is made.

3

No amount becomes payable under this Article before the end of the period of 14 days from the day on which the liability arises.

4

Subject to paragraph (3), an amount becomes payable under this Article at the end of the period of 14 days beginning with (and including) the day on which a certificate of recoverable benefits is first issued showing that the amount of recoverable benefit to which it relates has been or is likely to have been paid before a specified date.

9Recovery of payments due under Article 81

This Article applies where a person has made a compensation payment but—

a

has not applied for a certificate of recoverable benefits, or

b

has not made a payment to the Department under Article 8 before the end of the period allowed under that Article.

2

The Department may—

a

issue the person who made the compensation payment with a certificate of recoverable benefits, if none has been issued, or

b

issue him with a copy of the certificate of recoverable benefits or (if more than one has been issued) the most recent one,

and (in either case) issue him with a demand that payment of any amount due under Article 8 be made immediately.

3

The Department may, in accordance with paragraph (4), recover the amount for which a demand for payment is made under paragraph (2) from the person who made the compensation payment.

4

Any amount recoverable under paragraph (3) shall, if the county court so orders, be enforceable as if it were payable under an order of that court.

5

A document bearing a certificate which—

a

is signed by a person authorised to do so by the Department, and

b

states that the document, apart from the certificate, is a record of the amount recoverable under paragraph (3),

is conclusive evidence that that amount is so recoverable.

6

A certificate under paragraph (5) purporting to be signed by a person authorised to do so by the Department is to be treated as so signed unless the contrary is proved.

Reduction of compensation payment
10Reduction of compensation payment1

This Article applies in a case where, in relation to any head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2—

a

any of the compensation payment is attributable to that head, and

b

any recoverable benefit is shown against that head in column (2) of that Schedule.

2

In such a case, any claim of a person to receive the compensation payment is to be treated for all purposes as discharged if —

a

he is paid the amount (if any) of the compensation payment calculated in accordance with this Article, and

b

if the amount of the compensation payment so calculated is nil, he is given a statement saying so by the person who (apart from this Article) would have paid the gross amount of the compensation payment.

3

For each head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 for which sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) are met, so much of the gross amount of the compensation payment as is attributable to that head is to be reduced (to nil, if necessary) by deducting the amount of the recoverable benefit or, as the case may be, the aggregate amount of the recoverable benefits shown against it.

4

Paragraph (3) is to have effect as if a requirement to reduce a payment by deducting an amount which exceeds that payment were a requirement to reduce that payment to nil.

5

The amount of the compensation payment calculated in accordance with this Article is—

a

the gross amount of the compensation payment,

less

b

the sum of the reductions made under paragraph (3),

(and, accordingly, the amount may be nil).

10AReduction of payment under Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme1

This Article applies instead of Article 10 in a case where the compensation payment is a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme.

2

The gross amount of the compensation payment—

a

is to be reduced by the amount of the recoverable benefit, and

b

accordingly, is to be reduced to nil in any case where the amount of the recoverable benefit is equal to or greater than the gross amount of the compensation payment.

3

Any claim of a person to receive the compensation payment is to be treated for all purposes as discharged if—

a

the person is paid the gross amount of the compensation payment less the amount of the recoverable benefit, or

b

the amount of the recoverable benefit is equal to or greater than the gross amount of the compensation payment and the person is given a statement by the scheme administrator saying that the compensation payment has been reduced to nil.

11Article 10: supplementary1

A person who makes a compensation payment calculated in accordance with Article 10or 10A shall inform the person to whom the payment is made—

a

that the payment has been so calculated, and

b

of the date for payment by reference to which the calculation has been made.

2

If the amount of a compensation payment calculated in accordance with Article 10or 10A is nil, a person giving a statement saying so is to be treated for the purposes of this Order as making a payment within Article 3(1)(a) on the day on which he gives the statement.

3

Where a person—

a

makes a compensation payment calculated in accordance with Article 10or 10A, and

b

if the amount of the compensation payment so calculated is nil, gives a statement saying so,

he is to be treated, for the purpose of determining any rights and liabilities in respect of contribution or indemnity, as having paid the gross amount of the compensation payment.

4

For the purposes of this Order—

a

the gross amount of the compensation payment is the amount of the compensation payment apart from Article 10or 10A, and

b

the amount of any recoverable benefit is the amount determined in accordance with the certificate of recoverable benefits.

Reviews and appeals
12Review of certificates of recoverable benefits1

The Department may review any certificate of recoverable benefits if it is satisfied—

a

that the certificate was issued in ignorance of, or was based on a mistake as to, a material fact, or

b

that a mistake (whether in computation or otherwise) has occurred in the preparation of the certificate.

2

On a review under this Article the Department may either—

a

confirm the certificate, or

b

(subject to paragraph (3)) issue a fresh certificate containing such variations as it considers appropriate.

3

The Department may not vary the certificate so as to increase the total amount of the recoverable benefits unless it appears to the Department that the variation is required as a result of the person who applied for the certificate supplying the Department with incorrect or insufficient information.

4

The scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme may not apply for a review under this Article.

13Appeals against certificates of recoverable benefits1

An appeal against a certificate of recoverable benefits may be made on the ground—

a

that any amount, rate or period specified in the certificate is incorrect, or

b

that listed benefits which have been, or are likely to be, paid otherwise than in respect of the accident, injury or disease in question have been brought into account.

2

An appeal under this Article may be made by—

a

the person who applied for the certificate of recoverable benefits, or

b

(in a case where the amount of the compensation payment has been calculated under Article 10or 10A) the injured person or other person to whom the payment is made,

but the scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme may not appeal under this Article.

2A

Regulations may provide that, in such cases or circumstances as may be prescribed, an appeal may be made under this Article only if the Department has reviewed the certificate under Article 12.

2B

The regulations may in particular provide that that condition is met only where—

a

the review by the Department was on an application,

b

the Department considered issues of a specified description, or

c

the review by the Department satisfied any other condition specified in the regulations.

3

No appeal may be made under this Article until—

a

the claim giving rise to the compensation payment has been finally disposed of, and

b

the liability under Article 8 has been discharged.

4

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), if an award of damages in respect of a claim has been made under or by virtue of paragraph 10(2)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Administration of Justice Act 1982, (orders for provisional damages in personal injury cases), the claim is to be treated as having been finally disposed of.

5

Regulations may make provision—

a

as to the manner in which, and the time within which, appeals under this Article may be made,

b

as to the procedure to be followed where such an appeal is made, and

c

for the purpose of enabling any such appeal (or, where in accordance with regulations under paragraph (2A) there is no right of appeal, any purported appeal) to be treated as an application for review under Article 12.

6

Regulations under paragraph (5)(c) may (among other things) provide that the circumstances in which a review may be carried out are not to be restricted to those specified in Article 12(1).

14Reference of questions to medical appeal tribunal1

The Department shall refer to a medical appeal tribunal any question mentioned in paragraph (2) arising for determination on an appeal under Article 13.

2

The questions are any concerning—

a

any amount, rate or period specified in the certificate of recoverable benefits, or

b

whether listed benefits which have been, or are likely to be, paid otherwise than in respect of the accident, injury or disease in question have been brought into account.

3

In determining any question referred to it under paragraph (1), the tribunal shall take into account any decision of a court relating to the same, or any similar, issue arising in connection with the accident, injury or disease in question.

4

On a reference under paragraph (1) a medical appeal tribunal may either—

a

confirm the amounts, rates and periods specified in the certificate of recoverable benefits, or

b

specify any variations which are to be made on the issue of a fresh certificate under paragraph (5).

5

When the Department has received the decision of the tribunal on the questions referred to the tribunal under paragraph (1), the Department shall in accordance with that decision either—

a

confirm the certificate against which the appeal was brought, or

b

issue a fresh certificate.

6

Regulations may make provision—

a

as to the manner in which, and the time within which, a reference under paragraph (1) is to be made, and

b

as to the procedure to be followed where such a reference is made.

7

Regulations under paragraph (6)(b) may (among other things) provide for the non-disclosure of medical advice or medical evidence given or submitted following a reference under paragraph (1).

8

In this Article “medical appeal tribunal” means a medical appeal tribunal constituted under section 48 of the Administration Act.

15Appeal to Social Security Commissioner1

An appeal may be made to a Commissioner against any decision of a medical appeal tribunal under Article 14 on the ground that the decision was erroneous in point of law.

2

An appeal under this Article may be made by—

a

the Department,

b

the person who applied for the certificate of recoverable benefits, or

c

(in a case where the amount of the compensation payment has been calculated in accordance with Article 10or 10A) the injured person or other person to whom the payment is made,

but the scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme may not appeal under this Article.

3

Subsections (7) to (10) of section 21 of the Administration Act apply to appeals under this Article as they apply to appeals under that section.

4

In this Article “Commissioner” has the same meaning as in section 167(1) of the Administration Act.

16Reviews and appeals: supplementary1

This Article applies in cases where a fresh certificate of recoverable benefits is issued as a result of a review under Article 12 or an appeal under Article 13.

2

If—

a

a person has made one or more payments to the Department under Article 8, and

b

in consequence of the review or appeal, it appears that the total amount paid is more than the amount that ought to have been paid,

regulations may provide for the Department to pay the difference to that person, or to the person to whom the compensation payment is made, or partly to one and partly to the other.

3

If—

a

a person has made one or more payments to the Department under Article 8, and

b

in consequence of the review or appeal, it appears that the total amount paid is less than the amount that ought to have been paid,

regulations may provide for that person to pay the difference to the Department.

4

Regulations under this Article may provide—

a

for the recalculation in accordance with Article 10or 10A of the amount of any compensation payment,

b

for giving credit for amounts already paid, and

c

for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess,

and may provide for any matter by modifying this Order.

Courts
17Court orders1

This Article applies where a court makes an order for a compensation payment to be made in any case, unless the order is made with the consent of the injured person and the person by whom the payment is to be made.

2

The court shall, in the case of each head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to which any of the compensation payment is attributable, specify in the order the amount of the compensation payment which is attributable to that head.

18Payments into court1

Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for any case in which a payment into court is made.

2

The regulations may (among other things) provide—

a

for the making of a payment into court to be treated in prescribed circumstances as the making of a compensation payment,

b

for application for, and issue of, certificates of recoverable benefits, and

c

for the relevant period to be treated as ending on a date determined in accordance with the regulations.

3

Rules of court and county court rules may make provision governing practice and procedure in such cases.

19Benefits irrelevant to assessment of damages

In assessing damages in respect of any accident, injury or disease, the amount of any listed benefits paid or likely to be paid is to be disregarded.

Reduction of compensation: complex cases
20Lump sum and periodical payments1

Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for any case in which two or more compensation payments in the form of lump sums are made by the same person to or in respect of the injured person in consequence of the same accident, injury or disease.

2

The regulations may (among other things) provide—

a

for the re-calculation in accordance with Article 10 of the amount of any compensation payment,

b

for giving credit for amounts already paid, and

c

for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess.

3

For the purposes of paragraph (2), the regulations may provide for the gross amounts of the compensation, ,payments to be aggregated and for—

a

the aggregate amount to be taken to be the gross amount of the compensation payment for the purposes of Article 10,

b

so much of the aggregate amount as is attributable to a head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to be taken to be the part of the gross amount which is attributable to that head,

and for the amount of any recoverable benefit shown against any head in column (2) of that Schedule to be taken to be the amount determined in accordance with the most recent certificate of recoverable benefits.

4

Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for any case in which, in final settlement of the injured person's claim, an agreement is entered into for the making of—

a

periodical compensation payments (whether of an income or capital nature), or

b

periodical compensation payments and lump sum compensation payments.

5

Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (4) may (among other things) provide—

a

for the relevant period to be treated as ending at a prescribed time,

b

for the person who is to make the payments under the agreement to be treated for the purposes of this Order as if he had made a single compensation payment on a prescribed date.

6

A periodical payment may be a compensation payment for the purposes of this Article even though it is a small payment (as defined in Part II of Schedule 1).

21Payments by more than one person1

Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) 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 Article 8 is not to exceed the total amount of the recoverable benefits, and the regulations may provide for determining the respective liabilities under that Article 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 recalculating in accordance with Article 10or 10A 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.

Miscellaneous
22Amounts overpaid under Article 81

Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for cases where a person has paid to the Department under Article 8 any amount ( “the amount of the overpayment”) which he was not liable to pay.

2

The regulations may provide—

a

for the Department to pay the amount of the overpayment to that person, or to the person to whom the compensation payment is made, or partly to one and partly to the other, or

b

for the receipt by the Department of the amount of the overpayment to be treated as the recovery of that amount.

3

Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (2)(b) are to have effect in spite of anything in section 69 of the Administration Act (overpayments – general).

4

The regulations may also (among other things) provide—

a

for the re-calculation in accordance with Article 10or 10A of the amount of any compensation payment,

b

for giving credit for amounts already paid, and

c

for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess.

5

This Article does not apply in a case where Article 16 applies.

23Compensation payments to be disregarded1

If, when a compensation payment is made, the first and second conditions are met, the 'payment is to be disregarded for the purposes of Articles 8 and 10or 10A.

2

The first condition is that the person making the payment—

a

has made an application for a certificate of recoverable benefits which complies with paragraph (3), and

b

has in his possession a written acknowledgement of the receipt of his application.

3

An application complies with this paragraph if it—

a

accurately states the prescribed particulars relating to the injured person and the accident, injury or disease in question, and

b

specifies the name and address of the person to whom the certificate is to be sent.

4

The second condition is that the Department has not sent the certificate to the person, at the address, specified in the application, before the end of the period allowed under Article 6.

5

In any case where—

a

by virtue of paragraph (1), a compensation payment is disregarded for the purposes of Articles 8 and 10or 10A, but

b

the person who made the compensation payment nevertheless makes a payment to the Department for which (but for paragraph (1)) he would be liable under Article 8,

paragraph (1) is to cease to apply in relation to the compensation payment.

6

If, in the opinion of the Department, circumstances have arisen which adversely affect normal methods of communication—

a

the Department may by order provide that paragraph (1) is not to apply during a specified period not exceeding three months, and

b

the Department may continue any such order in force for further periods not exceeding three months at a time.

24Liability of insurers1

If a compensation payment is made in a case where—

a

a person is liable to any extent in respect of the accident, injury or disease, and

b

the liability is covered to any extent by a policy of insurance,

the policy is also to be treated as covering any liability of that person under Article 8.

2

Liability imposed on the insurer by paragraph (1) cannot be excluded or restricted.

3

For that purpose excluding or restricting liability includes—

a

making the liability or its enforcement subject to restrictive or onerous conditions,

b

excluding or restricting any right or remedy in respect of the liability, or subjecting a person to any prejudice in consequence of his pursuing any such right or remedy, or

c

excluding or restricting rules of evidence or procedure.

4

Regulations may in prescribed cases limit the amount of the liability imposed on the insurer by paragraph (1).

5

This Article applies to policies of insurance issued before (as well as those issued after) its coming into operation.

6

References in this Article to policies of insurance and their issue include references to contracts of insurance and their making.

25Provision of information1

Where compensation is sought in respect of any accident, injury or disease suffered by any person ( “the injured person”), the following persons shall give the Department the prescribed information about the injured person—

a

anyone who is, or is alleged to be, liable in respect of the accident, injury or disease, and

b

anyone acting on behalf of such a person.

2

A person who receives or claims a listed benefit which is or is likely to be paid in respect of an accident, injury or disease suffered by him, shall give the Department the prescribed information about the accident, injury or disease.

3

Where a person who has received a listed benefit dies, the duty in paragraph (2) is imposed on his personal representative.

4

Any person who makes a payment (whether on his own behalf or not)—

a

in consequence of, or

b

which is referable to any costs incurred by reason of,

any accident, injury or disease, or any damage to property, shall, if the Department requests him in writing to do so, give the Department such particulars relating to the size and composition of the payment as are specified in the request.

5

The employer of a person who suffers or has suffered an accident, injury or disease, and anyone who has been the employer of such a person at any time during the relevant period, shall give the Department the prescribed information about the payment of statutory sick pay in respect of that person.

6

In paragraph (5) “employer” has the same meaning as it has in Part XI of the Contributions and Benefits Act.

6A

The following persons must give the Department the prescribed information for the purposes of this Order—

a

the scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, and

b

any person providing services to the scheme administrator.

7

A person who is required to give information under this Article shall do so in the prescribed manner, at the prescribed place and within the prescribed time.

8

Article 3 does not apply in relation to this Article.

26Power to amend Schedule 21

The Department may by regulations amend Schedule 2.

2

Regulations made under paragraph (1) shall be laid before the Assembly after being made and shall take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but shall (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations have been approved by a resolution of the Assembly.

General
27The Crown

This Order binds the Crown to the full extent authorised by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.

28Regulations and orders1

Regulations or orders made under this Order other than orders made under Article l(2) or regulations made under Article 13(2A) or 26(1) shall be subject to negative resolution.

1A

Regulations under Article 13(2A) must be laid before the Assembly after being made and take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but shall (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations are approved by a resolution of the Assembly.

2

Regulations under Article 22, under Article 26 amending the list of benefits in column (2) of Schedule 2 or under paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 may not be made without the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.

3

Subsections (4), (5), (6) and (10) of section 165 of the Administration Act (regulations and orders – general) apply for the purposes of this Order as they apply for the purposes of that Act.

29Financial arrangements1

There shall be paid out of the National Insurance Fund any expenses of the Department in making payments under Article 16 or 22 to the extent that the Department estimates that those payments relate to sums paid out of that Fund.

2

Any sums paid to the Department under Article 8 or 16 shall be paid—

a

into the Consolidated Fund, to the extent that the Department estimates that the sums relate to payments out of money appropriated by Measure, and

b

into the National Insurance Fund, to the extent that the Department estimates that they relate to payments out of that Fund.

30Power to make transitional, consequential etc. provisions1

Regulations may make such transitional and consequential provisions, and such savings, as the Department considers necessary or expedient in preparation for, in connection with, or in consequence of—

a

the coming into operation of any provision of this Order, or

b

the operation of any statutory provision repealed or amended by a provision of this Order during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in operation.

2

Regulations under this Article may (among other things) provide—

a

for compensation payments in relation to which, by virtue of Article 4, this Order does not apply to be treated as payments in relation to which this Order applies,

b

for compensation payments in relation to which, by virtue of Article 4, this Order applies to be treated as payments in relation to which this Order does not apply, and

c

for the modification of any statutory provision contained in this Order or referred to in paragraph (1)(b) in its application to any compensation payment.

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<note class="margin-note" eId="m00001">
<p>1954 c. 33 (N.I.).</p>
</note>
<note class="margin-note" eId="m00002">
<p>1992 c. 8.</p>
</note>
<note class="margin-note" eId="m00003">
<p>1992 c. 7.</p>
</note>
<note class="margin-note" eId="m00004">
<p>1954 c. 33 (N.I.).</p>
</note>
<note class="margin-note" eId="m00005">
<p>1982 c. 53.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706301">
<p>fully exercised by SR 1997/400</p>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c21159531">
<p>
Art. 2(2): definition of "appeal tribunal" inserted (29.11.1999 for certain purposes otherwise prosp.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998/1506">Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998/1506/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998/1506/article/78/1">78(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998/1506/schedule/6/paragraph/119">Sch. 6 para. 119</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1999/472">S.R. 1999/472</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1999/472/article/2/1/a/2">art. 2(1)(a)(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1999/472/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
(with transitional provisions in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1999/472/article/20">arts. 20</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1999/472/article/21">21</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c21159561">
<p>
Words in art. 2(2) in definition of "benefit" inserted (27.10.2008) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/286">Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/286)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/286/regulation/1/b">regs. 1(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/286/regulation/3/2">3(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c21153301">
<p>
Art. 3A inserted (27.8.2008 for certain purposes otherwise 1.10.2008) by Mesothelioma, etc.,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/9">Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 9)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/9/section/8">ss. 8</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/9/section/12/1">12(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/351">S.R. 2008/351</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/351/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/351/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706321">
<p>
prosp. in pt. subst. by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706331">
<p>
prosp. in pt. rep. by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706341">
<p>
prosp. in pt. inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706351">
<p>
prosp. in pt. rep. by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706361">
<p>
prosp. in pt. added by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706381">
<p>
prosp. in pt. inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706401">
<p>
prosp. in pt. subst. by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1998/ni10">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706451">
<p>
prosp. in pt. rep. by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1998/ni10">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706461">
<p>
prosp. in pt. added by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/1998/ni10">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706531">
<p>
prosp. in pt. subst. by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706541">
<p>
prosp. in pt. rep. by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c11706551">
<p>
prosp. in pt. inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998">1998 NI 10</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/10A">Art. 10A</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/12">Sch. 1 para. 12</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-75c9bb13b4e3d9d1c363a6bc797dba29">
<p>
Words in art. 2(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/10">Sch. 1 para. 10</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-5e34983778bfc1f0c681c5934eb90915">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/3/2/a">art. 3(2)(a)</ref>
omitted (31.3.2014) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/11/a">Sch. 1 para. 11(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-369471bfeb7164d6cf30a5135ccf677c">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/3/2/c">Art. 3(2)(c)</ref>
and preceding word inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/11/b">Sch. 1 para. 11(b)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-46004294de7e5857c73b620daaacf195">
<p>
Word in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/3A/2/b">art. 3A(2)(b)</ref>
omitted (31.3.2014) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/18/2/a">Sch. 1 para. 18(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-b496167ac3dfc3063daf13d791f27e67">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/3A/2/d">Art. 3A(2)(d)</ref>
and words inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/18/2/b">Sch. 1 para. 18(2)(b)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-27f650c125de48f31862b05045f716ea">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/3A/4/a">art. 3A(4)(a)</ref>
substituted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/18/3">Sch. 1 para. 18(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-40056caffed41173ea01a542093bae57">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/11/1">art. 11(1)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-6925f050460a13054fe38782105b66cd">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/11/2">art. 11(2)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-ee0f15edee013cdbe224c7a724112368">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/11/3/a">art. 11(3)(a)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-100932bcd73cc8b15df3a76078954280">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/11/4/a">art. 11(4)(a)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-c763769fc8bd47f29061b5ef986bea05">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/12/4">Art. 12(4)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/13">Sch. 1 para. 13</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-6724cfcd4ec22662b89b0d41460445c9">
<p>
Words in art. 13(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/14">Sch. 1 para. 14</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-309a53e17c4a27784ec21e53cd8e5be8">
<p>
Words in art. 13(2)(b) inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-061df872098b51a0cca1bdf045aff362">
<p>
Words in art. 15(2) inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/15">Sch. 1 para. 15</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-61602c461838dbc3673546b81927bdf0">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/15/2/c">art. 15(2)(c)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-3d34863db3af07bad940e9e835de7844">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/16/4/a">art. 16(4)(a)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-2919df57ccfa4f75aa6041e0acb75c08">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/21/3/b">art. 21(3)(b)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-e38a6e9ee982d471320a3145829b7200">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/22/4/a">art. 22(4)(a)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-b38b302ce65a7c068d32ee9dfa6ea583">
<p>
Words in art. 23(1) inserted (31.3.2014) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-789b7c209cea6aab2888a098b6decfad">
<p>
Words in art. 23(5)(a) inserted (31.3.2014) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/16">Sch. 1 para. 16</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1997/1183/article/25/6A">Art. 25(6A)</ref>
inserted (31.3.2014) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1">Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/section/19/1">s. 19(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/1/schedule/1/paragraph/20">Sch. 1 para. 20</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459">S.I. 2014/459</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/459/article/3/c">art. 3(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
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<p>
Art. 13(2A)(2B) inserted (17.3.2016 with effect as mentioned in art. 107(7)-(9) of the amending Order) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006">The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/2/2">art. 2(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/schedule/11/paragraph/7/2">Sch. 11 para. 7(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166">S.R. 2016/166</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166/article/2/b">art. 2(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-6d8296b24eda4d0a69e620948a26db3d">
<p>
Words in art. 13(5)(c) inserted (17.3.2016) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006">The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/2/2">art. 2(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/schedule/11/paragraph/7/3">Sch. 11 para. 7(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166">S.R. 2016/166</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166/article/2/b">art. 2(b)</ref>
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</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-1b732a62de65a9df326d16d68e8d73ff">
<p>
Words in art. 28(1) inserted (17.3.2016) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006">The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/2/2">art. 2(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/schedule/11/paragraph/8/2">Sch. 11 para. 8(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166">S.R. 2016/166</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166/article/2/b">art. 2(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-d1a6b9c21b8bd927c728cf6e78835987">
<p>
Art. 28(1A) inserted (17.3.2016) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006">The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/2/2">art. 2(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/schedule/11/paragraph/8/3">Sch. 11 para. 8(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166">S.R. 2016/166</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/166/article/2/b">art. 2(b)</ref>
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<p>This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997.</p>
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This Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint
<noteRef href="#c11706301" marker="F1" class="commentary F"/>
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The
<noteRef href="#m00001" placement="inline" class="margin-note"/>
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<noteRef href="#c21159531" marker="F2" class="commentary attribute F"/>
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<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">The Department may by regulations make provision about the recovery of the amount of a payment to which paragraph (2) applies (a “lump sum payment”) where—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-1-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">a compensation payment in consequence of a disease is made to or in respect of a person (“P”) to whom, or in respect of whom, a lump sum payment has been, or is likely to be, made, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-1-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">the compensation payment is made in consequence of the same disease as the lump sum payment.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-3A-2">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">2</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">This paragraph applies to—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-2-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252"> a payment made in accordance with the Pneumoconiosis, </ins>
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">
<ins class="d29p252">etc.</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="d29p252"> , (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (in this Article referred to as “ </ins>
<term refersTo="#term-the-1979-order">
<ins class="d29p252">the 1979 Order</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p252"> ”); </ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-2-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">a payment made in accordance with the Mesothelioma, </ins>
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">
<ins class="d29p252">etc.</ins>
</abbr>
<ins class="d29p252">, Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, </ins>
<ins class="d29p252">
<noteRef href="#key-46004294de7e5857c73b620daaacf195" marker="F21" class="commentary F"/>
...
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-2-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">an extra-statutory payment (within the meaning given by paragraph (5)(d))</ins>
<ins class="d29p252">
<ins class="key-b496167ac3dfc3063daf13d791f27e67-1474625483323 first">
<noteRef href="#key-b496167ac3dfc3063daf13d791f27e67" marker="F22" class="commentary attribute F"/>
, and
</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-d">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">
<ins class="key-b496167ac3dfc3063daf13d791f27e67-1474625483323">d</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">
<ins class="key-b496167ac3dfc3063daf13d791f27e67-1474625483323">a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (established under the Mesothelioma Act 2014),</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<hcontainer name="wrapper">
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">
<ins class="key-b496167ac3dfc3063daf13d791f27e67-1474625483323 last">(but this paragraph does not apply to a payment within sub-paragraph (d) in a case where the compensation payment is itself such a payment). </ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<paragraph eId="article-3A-3">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">3</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">Regulations under this Article may, in particular—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-3-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">make provision about the recovery of the amount of a lump sum payment made to or in respect of a dependant of P;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-3-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">make provision enabling the recovery of the amount of a lump sum payment from a compensation payment (including provision enabling the recovery of an amount which reduces the compensation payment to nil);</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-3-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">enable the amount of a lump sum payment made before commencement to be recovered from a compensation payment made after commencement;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-3-d">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">make provision about certificates in respect of lump sum payments;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-3-e">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">e</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">apply any provision of this Order, with or without modifications.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-3A-4">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">4</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">References in paragraph (1) to a payment made in consequence of a disease—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-4-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">are references to a payment made </ins>
<ins class="d29p252">
<ins class="substitution key-27f650c125de48f31862b05045f716ea-1474627905737 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-27f650c125de48f31862b05045f716ea" marker="F23" class="commentary attribute F"/>
as specified in Article 3(2)(a) or (c)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p252"> in respect of the disease, but</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-4-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">do not include references to a payment mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 1.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-3A-5">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">5</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252">In this Article—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-5-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252"></ins>
<term refersTo="#term-commencement">
<ins class="d29p252">commencement</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p252"> ” means the date on which this Article comes into operation, </ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-5-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252"></ins>
<term refersTo="#term-compensation-payment">
<ins class="d29p252">compensation payment</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p252"> ” means a payment within Article 3(1)(a), </ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-5-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252"></ins>
<term refersTo="#term-dependant">
<ins class="d29p252">dependant</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p252"> ” has the meaning given by Article 5 of the 1979 Order, and </ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-3A-5-d">
<num>
<ins class="d29p252">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p252"></ins>
<term refersTo="#term-extra-statutory-payment">
<ins class="d29p252">extra-statutory payment</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p252 last"> ” means a payment made by the Department to or in respect of a person following the rejection by the Department of a claim under the 1979 Order. </ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-4" period="#period1">
<num>4</num>
<heading>Compensation payments to which this Order applies</heading>
<content>
<p>This Order applies in relation to compensation payments made on or after the day on which this Article comes into operation, unless they are made in pursuance of a court order or agreement made before that day.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article eId="article-5" period="#period1">
<num>5</num>
<heading>“The relevant period”</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-5-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In relation to a person ( “the claimant”) who has suffered any accident, injury or disease, “the relevant period” has the meaning given by the following paragraphs.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-5-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to paragraph (4), if it is a case of accident or injury, the relevant period is the period of five years from the day on which the accident or injury in question occurred.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-5-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to paragraph (4), if it is a case of disease, the relevant period is the period of five years beginning with (and including) the date on which the claimant first claims a listed benefit in consequence of the disease.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-5-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>If at any time before the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2) or (3)—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-5-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person makes a compensation payment in final discharge of any claim made by or in respect of the claimant and arising out of the accident, injury or disease, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-5-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>an agreement is made under which an earlier compensation payment is treated as having been made in final discharge of any such claim,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the relevant period ends at that time.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-certificates-of-recoverable-benefits" period="#period1">
<heading>
<em>Certificates of recoverable benefits</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-6" period="#period1">
<num>6</num>
<heading>Applications for certificates of recoverable benefits</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-6-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Before a person ( “the compensator”) makes a compensation payment he shall apply to the Department for a certificate of recoverable benefits.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Where the compensator applies for a certificate of recoverable benefits, the Department shall—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-6-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>send to him a written acknowledgement of receipt of his application, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-6-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>subject to paragraph (7), issue the certificate before the end of the following period.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The period is—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-6-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the prescribed period, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-6-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if there is no prescribed period, the period of four weeks,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>which begins with the day on which the application is received.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The certificate is to remain in force until the date specified in it for that purpose.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The compensator may apply for fresh certificates from time to time.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Where a certificate of recoverable benefits ceases to be in force, the Department may issue a fresh certificate without an application for one being made.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Where the compensator applies for a fresh certificate while a certificate ( “the existing certificate”) remains in force, the Department shall issue the fresh certificate before the end of the following period.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-8">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>The period is—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-6-8-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the prescribed period, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-6-8-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if there is no prescribed period, the period of four weeks,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>which begins with the day on which the existing certificate ceases to be in force.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-6-9">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>For the purposes of this Order, regulations may provide for the day on which an application for a certificate of recoverable benefits is to be treated as received.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-7" period="#period1">
<num>7</num>
<heading>Information contained in certificates</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-7-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A certificate of recoverable benefits shall specify, for each recoverable benefit—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-7-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the amount which has been or is likely to have been paid on or before a specified date, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-7-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if the benefit is paid or likely to be paid after the specified date, the rate and period for which, and the intervals at which, it is or is likely to be so paid.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-7-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In a case where the relevant period has ended before the day on which the Department receives the application for the certificate, the date specified in the certificate for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall be the day on which the relevant period ended.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-7-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In any other case, the date specified for those purposes shall not be earlier than the day on which the Department received the application.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-7-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The Department may estimate, in such manner as it thinks fit, any of the amounts, rates or periods specified in the certificate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-7-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>Where the Department issues a certificate of recoverable benefits, it shall provide the information contained in the certificate to—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-7-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the person who appears to it to be the injured person, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-7-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any person who it thinks will receive a compensation payment in respect of the injured person.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-7-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>A person to whom a certificate of recoverable benefits is issued or who is provided with information under paragraph (5) is entitled to particulars of the manner in which any amount, rate or period specified in the certificate has been determined, if he applies to the Department for those particulars.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-liability-of-person-paying-compensation" period="#period1">
<heading>
<em>Liability of person paying compensation</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-8" period="#period1">
<num>8</num>
<heading>Liability to pay Department amount of benefits</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-8-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person who makes a compensation payment in any case is liable to pay to the Department an amount equal to the total amount of the recoverable benefits.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-8-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The liability referred to in paragraph (1) arises immediately before the compensation payment or, if there is more than one, the first of them is made.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-8-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>No amount becomes payable under this Article before the end of the period of 14 days from the day on which the liability arises.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-8-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Subject to paragraph (3), an amount becomes payable under this Article at the end of the period of 14 days beginning with (and including) the day on which a certificate of recoverable benefits is first issued showing that the amount of recoverable benefit to which it relates has been or is likely to have been paid before a specified date.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-9" period="#period1">
<num>9</num>
<heading>Recovery of payments due under Article 8</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-9-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>This Article applies where a person has made a compensation payment but—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-9-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>has not applied for a certificate of recoverable benefits, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-9-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>has not made a payment to the Department under Article 8 before the end of the period allowed under that Article.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-9-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Department may—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-9-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>issue the person who made the compensation payment with a certificate of recoverable benefits, if none has been issued, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-9-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>issue him with a copy of the certificate of recoverable benefits or (if more than one has been issued) the most recent one,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>and (in either case) issue him with a demand that payment of any amount due under Article 8 be made immediately.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-9-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The Department may, in accordance with paragraph (4), recover the amount for which a demand for payment is made under paragraph (2) from the person who made the compensation payment.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-9-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Any amount recoverable under paragraph (3) shall, if the county court so orders, be enforceable as if it were payable under an order of that court.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-9-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A document bearing a certificate which—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-9-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is signed by a person authorised to do so by the Department, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-9-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>states that the document, apart from the certificate, is a record of the amount recoverable under paragraph (3),</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>is conclusive evidence that that amount is so recoverable.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-9-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>A certificate under paragraph (5) purporting to be signed by a person authorised to do so by the Department is to be treated as so signed unless the contrary is proved.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-reduction-of-compensation-payment" period="#period2">
<heading>
<em>Reduction of compensation payment</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-10" period="#period1">
<num>10</num>
<heading>Reduction of compensation payment</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-10-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>This Article applies in a case where, in relation to any head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-10-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>any of the compensation payment is attributable to that head, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-10-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any recoverable benefit is shown against that head in column (2) of that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-10-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In such a case, any claim of a person to receive the compensation payment is to be treated for all purposes as discharged if —</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-10-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>he is paid the amount (if any) of the compensation payment calculated in accordance with this Article, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-10-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if the amount of the compensation payment so calculated is nil, he is given a statement saying so by the person who (apart from this Article) would have paid the gross amount of the compensation payment.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-10-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>For each head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 for which sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) are met, so much of the gross amount of the compensation payment as is attributable to that head is to be reduced (to nil, if necessary) by deducting the amount of the recoverable benefit or, as the case may be, the aggregate amount of the recoverable benefits shown against it.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-10-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraph (3) is to have effect as if a requirement to reduce a payment by deducting an amount which exceeds that payment were a requirement to reduce that payment to nil.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-10-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The amount of the compensation payment calculated in accordance with this Article is—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-10-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the gross amount of the compensation payment,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<hcontainer name="wrapper">
<content>
<p>less</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<subparagraph eId="article-10-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the sum of the reductions made under paragraph (3),</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>(and, accordingly, the amount may be nil).</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-10A" period="#period2">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">10A</ins>
</num>
<heading>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119 first">
<noteRef href="#key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49" marker="F17" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Reduction of payment under Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
</ins>
</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-10A-1">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">1</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">This Article applies instead of Article 10 in a case where the compensation payment is a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-10A-2">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">2</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">The gross amount of the compensation payment—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-10A-2-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">is to be reduced by the amount of the recoverable benefit, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-10A-2-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">accordingly, is to be reduced to nil in any case where the amount of the recoverable benefit is equal to or greater than the gross amount of the compensation payment.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-10A-3">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">3</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">Any claim of a person to receive the compensation payment is to be treated for all purposes as discharged if—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-10A-3-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">the person is paid the gross amount of the compensation payment less the amount of the recoverable benefit, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-10A-3-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-3467be687190c3b49bc512a2ab958f49-1474619510119 last">the amount of the recoverable benefit is equal to or greater than the gross amount of the compensation payment and the person is given a statement by the scheme administrator saying that the compensation payment has been reduced to nil.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-11" period="#period2">
<num>11</num>
<heading>Article 10: supplementary</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-11-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>
A person who makes a compensation payment calculated in accordance with Article 10
<ins class="key-40056caffed41173ea01a542093bae57-1474637142059 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-40056caffed41173ea01a542093bae57" marker="F24" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or 10A
</ins>
shall inform the person to whom the payment is made—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-11-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that the payment has been so calculated, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-11-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>of the date for payment by reference to which the calculation has been made.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-11-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
If the amount of a compensation payment calculated in accordance with Article 10
<ins class="key-6925f050460a13054fe38782105b66cd-1474637222851 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-6925f050460a13054fe38782105b66cd" marker="F25" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or 10A
</ins>
is nil, a person giving a statement saying so is to be treated for the purposes of this Order as making a payment within Article 3(1)(a) on the day on which he gives the statement.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-11-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>Where a person—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-11-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
makes a compensation payment calculated in accordance with Article 10
<ins class="key-ee0f15edee013cdbe224c7a724112368-1474638671631 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-ee0f15edee013cdbe224c7a724112368" marker="F26" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or 10A
</ins>
, and
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-11-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if the amount of the compensation payment so calculated is nil, gives a statement saying so,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>he is to be treated, for the purpose of determining any rights and liabilities in respect of contribution or indemnity, as having paid the gross amount of the compensation payment.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-11-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this Order—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-11-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
the gross amount of the compensation payment is the amount of the compensation payment apart from Article 10
<ins class="key-100932bcd73cc8b15df3a76078954280-1474638759334 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-100932bcd73cc8b15df3a76078954280" marker="F27" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or 10A
</ins>
, and
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-11-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the amount of any recoverable benefit is the amount determined in accordance with the certificate of recoverable benefits.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-reviews-and-appeals" period="#period4">
<heading>
<em>Reviews and appeals</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-12" period="#period2">
<num>12</num>
<heading>Review of certificates of recoverable benefits</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-12-1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706321" marker="F5" class="commentary F"/>
1
</num>
<intro>
<p>The Department may review any certificate of recoverable benefits if it is satisfied—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-12-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that the certificate was issued in ignorance of, or was based on a mistake as to, a material fact, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-12-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that a mistake (whether in computation or otherwise) has occurred in the preparation of the certificate.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-12-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>On a review under this Article the Department may either—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-12-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
confirm the certificate,
<noteRef href="#c11706331" marker="F6" class="commentary F"/>
or
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-12-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>(subject to paragraph (3)) issue a fresh certificate containing such variations as it considers appropriate.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-12-3">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706341" marker="F7" class="commentary F"/>
3
</num>
<content>
<p>The Department may not vary the certificate so as to increase the total amount of the recoverable benefits unless it appears to the Department that the variation is required as a result of the person who applied for the certificate supplying the Department with incorrect or insufficient information.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-12-4">
<num>
<ins class="key-c763769fc8bd47f29061b5ef986bea05-1474639056677 first">
<noteRef href="#key-c763769fc8bd47f29061b5ef986bea05" marker="F28" class="commentary attribute F"/>
4
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-c763769fc8bd47f29061b5ef986bea05-1474639056677 last">The scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme may not apply for a review under this Article.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-13" period="#period4">
<num>13</num>
<heading>Appeals against certificates of recoverable benefits</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-13-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>An appeal against a certificate of recoverable benefits may be made on the ground—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
that any amount, rate or period specified in the certificate is incorrect,
<noteRef href="#c11706351" marker="F8" class="commentary F"/>
or
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>that listed benefits which have been, or are likely to be, paid otherwise than in respect of the accident, injury or disease in question have been brought into account.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-13-2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706361" marker="F9" class="commentary F"/>
2
</num>
<intro>
<p>An appeal under this Article may be made by—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
the person who applied for the certificate of recoverable benefits,
<noteRef href="#c11706351" marker="F8" class="commentary F"/>
or
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-2-b">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706381" marker="F10" class="commentary F"/>
b
</num>
<content>
<p>
(in a case where the amount of the compensation payment has been calculated under Article 10
<ins class="key-309a53e17c4a27784ec21e53cd8e5be8-1474641036652 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-309a53e17c4a27784ec21e53cd8e5be8" marker="F30" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or 10A
</ins>
) the injured person or other person to whom the payment is made,
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="key-6724cfcd4ec22662b89b0d41460445c9-1474640502452 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-6724cfcd4ec22662b89b0d41460445c9" marker="F29" class="commentary attribute F"/>
but the scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme may not appeal under this Article.
</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-13-2A">
<num>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614 first">
<noteRef href="#key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b" marker="F39" class="commentary attribute F"/>
2A
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">Regulations may provide that, in such cases or circumstances as may be prescribed, an appeal may be made under this Article only if the Department has reviewed the certificate under Article 12.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-13-2B">
<num>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">2B</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">The regulations may in particular provide that that condition is met only where—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-2B-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">the review by the Department was on an application,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-2B-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">the Department considered issues of a specified description, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-2B-c">
<num>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-fac47d0fb5ec5a55beb0afd43b8adf2b-1495006538614 last">the review by the Department satisfied any other condition specified in the regulations.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-13-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>No appeal may be made under this Article until—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the claim giving rise to the compensation payment has been finally disposed of, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the liability under Article 8 has been discharged.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-13-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), if an award of damages in respect of a claim has been made under or by virtue of paragraph 10(2)(a) of Schedule 6 to the
<noteRef href="#m00005" placement="inline" class="margin-note"/>
Administration of Justice Act 1982, (orders for provisional damages in personal injury cases), the claim is to be treated as having been finally disposed of.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-13-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may make provision—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>as to the manner in which, and the time within which, appeals under this Article may be made,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>as to the procedure to be followed where such an appeal is made, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-13-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
for the purpose of enabling any such appeal
<ins class="key-6d8296b24eda4d0a69e620948a26db3d-1495006801092 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-6d8296b24eda4d0a69e620948a26db3d" marker="F40" class="commentary attribute F"/>
(or, where in accordance with regulations under paragraph (2A) there is no right of appeal, any purported appeal)
</ins>
to be treated as an application for review under Article 12.
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-13-6">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706351" marker="F8" class="commentary F"/>
6
</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations under paragraph (5)(c) may (among other things) provide that the circumstances in which a review may be carried out are not to be restricted to those specified in Article 12(1).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-14" period="#period1">
<num>14</num>
<heading>
<noteRef href="#c11706401" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
Reference of questions to medical appeal tribunal
</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-14-1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706401" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
1
</num>
<content>
<p>The Department shall refer to a medical appeal tribunal any question mentioned in paragraph (2) arising for determination on an appeal under Article 13.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-14-2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706401" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
2
</num>
<intro>
<p>The questions are any concerning—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>any amount, rate or period specified in the certificate of recoverable benefits, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>whether listed benefits which have been, or are likely to be, paid otherwise than in respect of the accident, injury or disease in question have been brought into account.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-14-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In determining
<noteRef href="#c11706401" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
any question referred to it under paragraph (1), the tribunal shall take into account any decision of a court relating to the same, or any similar, issue arising in connection with the accident, injury or disease in question.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-14-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>
On
<noteRef href="#c11706401" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
a reference under paragraph (1) a medical appeal tribunal may either—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
confirm the amounts, rates and periods specified in the certificate of recoverable benefits,
<noteRef href="#c11706451" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
or
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>specify any variations which are to be made on the issue of a fresh certificate under paragraph (5).</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-14-5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706461" marker="F13" class="commentary F"/>
5
</num>
<intro>
<p>
When the Department has received the decision of the tribunal on the
<noteRef href="#c11706401" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
questions referred to the tribunal under paragraph (1), the Department shall in accordance with that decision either—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
confirm the certificate against which the appeal was brought,
<noteRef href="#c11706451" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
or
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>issue a fresh certificate.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-14-6">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706461" marker="F13" class="commentary F"/>
<noteRef href="#c11706451" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
6
</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may make provision—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>as to the manner in which, and the time within which, a reference under paragraph (1) is to be made, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-14-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>as to the procedure to be followed where such a reference is made.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-14-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>
Regulations
<noteRef href="#c11706451" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
under paragraph (6)(b) may (among other things) provide for the non-disclosure of medical advice or medical evidence given or submitted following a reference under paragraph (1).
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-14-8">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706451" marker="F12" class="commentary F"/>
8
</num>
<content>
<p>In this Article “medical appeal tribunal” means a medical appeal tribunal constituted under section 48 of the Administration Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-15" period="#period2">
<num>15</num>
<heading>Appeal to Social Security Commissioner</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-15-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
An appeal may be made to a Commissioner against any decision of
<noteRef href="#c11706531" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
a medical appeal tribunal under Article 14 on the ground that the decision was erroneous in point of law.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-15-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>An appeal under this Article may be made by—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-15-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Department,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-15-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
the person who applied for the certificate of recoverable benefits,
<noteRef href="#c11706541" marker="F15" class="commentary F"/>
or
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-15-2-c">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706551" marker="F16" class="commentary F"/>
c
</num>
<content>
<p>
(in a case where the amount of the compensation payment has been calculated in accordance with Article 10
<ins class="key-61602c461838dbc3673546b81927bdf0-1474642109618 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-61602c461838dbc3673546b81927bdf0" marker="F32" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or 10A
</ins>
) the injured person or other person to whom the payment is made,
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="key-061df872098b51a0cca1bdf045aff362-1474641519313 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-061df872098b51a0cca1bdf045aff362" marker="F31" class="commentary attribute F"/>
but the scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme may not appeal under this Article.
</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-15-3">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c11706531" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
3
</num>
<content>
<p>Subsections (7) to (10) of section 21 of the Administration Act apply to appeals under this Article as they apply to appeals under that section.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-15-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>In this Article “Commissioner” has the same meaning as in section 167(1) of the Administration Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-16" period="#period2">
<num>16</num>
<heading>Reviews and appeals: supplementary</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-16-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This Article applies in cases where a fresh certificate of recoverable benefits is issued as a result of a review under Article 12 or an appeal under Article 13.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-16-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>If—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-16-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person has made one or more payments to the Department under Article 8, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-16-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in consequence of the review or appeal, it appears that the total amount paid is more than the amount that ought to have been paid,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>regulations may provide for the Department to pay the difference to that person, or to the person to whom the compensation payment is made, or partly to one and partly to the other.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-16-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>If—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-16-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person has made one or more payments to the Department under Article 8, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-16-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>in consequence of the review or appeal, it appears that the total amount paid is less than the amount that ought to have been paid,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>regulations may provide for that person to pay the difference to the Department.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-16-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations under this Article may provide—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-16-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
for the recalculation in accordance with Article 10
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or 10A
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of the amount of any compensation payment,
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-16-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for giving credit for amounts already paid, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-16-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>and may provide for any matter by modifying this Order.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-courts" period="#period1">
<heading>
<em>Courts</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-17" period="#period1">
<num>17</num>
<heading>Court orders</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-17-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This Article applies where a court makes an order for a compensation payment to be made in any case, unless the order is made with the consent of the injured person and the person by whom the payment is to be made.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-17-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The court shall, in the case of each head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to which any of the compensation payment is attributable, specify in the order the amount of the compensation payment which is attributable to that head.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-18" period="#period1">
<num>18</num>
<heading>Payments into court</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-18-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for any case in which a payment into court is made.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-18-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations may (among other things) provide—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-18-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for the making of a payment into court to be treated in prescribed circumstances as the making of a compensation payment,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-18-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for application for, and issue of, certificates of recoverable benefits, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-18-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for the relevant period to be treated as ending on a date determined in accordance with the regulations.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-18-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Rules of court and county court rules may make provision governing practice and procedure in such cases.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-19" period="#period1">
<num>19</num>
<heading>Benefits irrelevant to assessment of damages</heading>
<content>
<p>In assessing damages in respect of any accident, injury or disease, the amount of any listed benefits paid or likely to be paid is to be disregarded.</p>
</content>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-reduction-of-compensation-complex-cases" period="#period2">
<heading>
<em>Reduction of compensation: complex cases</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-20" period="#period1">
<num>20</num>
<heading>Lump sum and periodical payments</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-20-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for any case in which two or more compensation payments in the form of lump sums are made by the same person to or in respect of the injured person in consequence of the same accident, injury or disease.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-20-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations may (among other things) provide—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for the re-calculation in accordance with Article 10 of the amount of any compensation payment,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for giving credit for amounts already paid, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-20-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of paragraph (2), the regulations may provide for the gross amounts of the compensation, ,payments to be aggregated and for—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the aggregate amount to be taken to be the gross amount of the compensation payment for the purposes of Article 10,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>so much of the aggregate amount as is attributable to a head of compensation listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to be taken to be the part of the gross amount which is attributable to that head,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>and for the amount of any recoverable benefit shown against any head in column (2) of that Schedule to be taken to be the amount determined in accordance with the most recent certificate of recoverable benefits.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-20-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for any case in which, in final settlement of the injured person's claim, an agreement is entered into for the making of—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>periodical compensation payments (whether of an income or capital nature), or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>periodical compensation payments and lump sum compensation payments.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-20-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (4) may (among other things) provide—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for the relevant period to be treated as ending at a prescribed time,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-20-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for the person who is to make the payments under the agreement to be treated for the purposes of this Order as if he had made a single compensation payment on a prescribed date.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-20-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>A periodical payment may be a compensation payment for the purposes of this Article even though it is a small payment (as defined in Part II of Schedule 1).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-21" period="#period2">
<num>21</num>
<heading>Payments by more than one person</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-21-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) 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.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-21-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In such a case, the sum of the liabilities of the compensators under Article 8 is not to exceed the total amount of the recoverable benefits, and the regulations may provide for determining the respective liabilities under that Article of each of the compensators.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-21-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations may (among other things) provide in the case of each compensator—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-21-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for determining or re-determining the part of the recoverable benefits which may be taken into account in his case,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-21-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
for calculating or recalculating in accordance with Article 10
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or 10A
</ins>
the amount of any compensation payment,
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-21-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for giving credit for amounts already paid, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-21-3-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-miscellaneous" period="#period2">
<heading>
<em>Miscellaneous</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-22" period="#period2">
<num>22</num>
<heading>Amounts overpaid under Article 8</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-22-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for cases where a person has paid to the Department under Article 8 any amount ( “the amount of the overpayment”) which he was not liable to pay.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-22-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations may provide—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-22-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for the Department to pay the amount of the overpayment to that person, or to the person to whom the compensation payment is made, or partly to one and partly to the other, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-22-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for the receipt by the Department of the amount of the overpayment to be treated as the recovery of that amount.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-22-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (2)(b) are to have effect in spite of anything in section 69 of the Administration Act (overpayments – general).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-22-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations may also (among other things) provide—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-22-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
for the re-calculation in accordance with Article 10
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or 10A
</ins>
of the amount of any compensation payment,
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-22-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for giving credit for amounts already paid, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-22-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for the payment by any person of any balance or the recovery from any person of any excess.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-22-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>This Article does not apply in a case where Article 16 applies.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-23" period="#period2">
<num>23</num>
<heading>Compensation payments to be disregarded</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-23-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
If, when a compensation payment is made, the first and second conditions are met, the 'payment is to be disregarded for the purposes of Articles 8 and 10
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or 10A
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.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The first condition is that the person making the payment—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>has made an application for a certificate of recoverable benefits which complies with paragraph (3), and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>has in his possession a written acknowledgement of the receipt of his application.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>An application complies with this paragraph if it—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>accurately states the prescribed particulars relating to the injured person and the accident, injury or disease in question, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>specifies the name and address of the person to whom the certificate is to be sent.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The second condition is that the Department has not sent the certificate to the person, at the address, specified in the application, before the end of the period allowed under Article 6.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>In any case where—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
by virtue of paragraph (1), a compensation payment is disregarded for the purposes of Articles 8 and 10
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or 10A
</ins>
, but
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the person who made the compensation payment nevertheless makes a payment to the Department for which (but for paragraph (1)) he would be liable under Article 8,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>paragraph (1) is to cease to apply in relation to the compensation payment.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-23-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>If, in the opinion of the Department, circumstances have arisen which adversely affect normal methods of communication—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Department may by order provide that paragraph (1) is not to apply during a specified period not exceeding three months, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-23-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Department may continue any such order in force for further periods not exceeding three months at a time.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-24" period="#period1">
<num>24</num>
<heading>Liability of insurers</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-24-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>If a compensation payment is made in a case where—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-24-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a person is liable to any extent in respect of the accident, injury or disease, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-24-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the liability is covered to any extent by a policy of insurance,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the policy is also to be treated as covering any liability of that person under Article 8.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-24-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Liability imposed on the insurer by paragraph (1) cannot be excluded or restricted.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-24-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>For that purpose excluding or restricting liability includes—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-24-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>making the liability or its enforcement subject to restrictive or onerous conditions,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-24-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>excluding or restricting any right or remedy in respect of the liability, or subjecting a person to any prejudice in consequence of his pursuing any such right or remedy, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-24-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>excluding or restricting rules of evidence or procedure.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-24-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations may in prescribed cases limit the amount of the liability imposed on the insurer by paragraph (1).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-24-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>This Article applies to policies of insurance issued before (as well as those issued after) its coming into operation.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-24-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>References in this Article to policies of insurance and their issue include references to contracts of insurance and their making.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-25" period="#period2">
<num>25</num>
<heading>Provision of information</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-25-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Where compensation is sought in respect of any accident, injury or disease suffered by any person ( “the injured person”), the following persons shall give the Department the prescribed information about the injured person—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-25-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>anyone who is, or is alleged to be, liable in respect of the accident, injury or disease, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-25-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>anyone acting on behalf of such a person.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person who receives or claims a listed benefit which is or is likely to be paid in respect of an accident, injury or disease suffered by him, shall give the Department the prescribed information about the accident, injury or disease.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person who has received a listed benefit dies, the duty in paragraph (2) is imposed on his personal representative.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Any person who makes a payment (whether on his own behalf or not)—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-25-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in consequence of, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-25-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>which is referable to any costs incurred by reason of,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>any accident, injury or disease, or any damage to property, shall, if the Department requests him in writing to do so, give the Department such particulars relating to the size and composition of the payment as are specified in the request.</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The employer of a person who suffers or has suffered an accident, injury or disease, and anyone who has been the employer of such a person at any time during the relevant period, shall give the Department the prescribed information about the payment of statutory sick pay in respect of that person.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>In paragraph (5) “employer” has the same meaning as it has in Part XI of the Contributions and Benefits Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-6A">
<num>
<ins class="key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba-1474644130099 first">
<noteRef href="#key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba" marker="F38" class="commentary attribute F"/>
6A
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba-1474644130099">The following persons must give the Department the prescribed information for the purposes of this Order—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-25-6A-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba-1474644130099">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba-1474644130099">the scheme administrator of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-25-6A-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba-1474644130099">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-07466b2e5fcf72fdf3633e0d14cddeba-1474644130099 last">any person providing services to the scheme administrator.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>A person who is required to give information under this Article shall do so in the prescribed manner, at the prescribed place and within the prescribed time.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-25-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>Article 3 does not apply in relation to this Article.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-26" period="#period1">
<num>26</num>
<heading>Power to amend Schedule 2</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-26-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Department may by regulations amend Schedule 2.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-26-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations made under paragraph (1) shall be laid before the Assembly after being made and shall take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but shall (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations have been approved by a resolution of the Assembly.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-general" period="#period4">
<heading>
<em>General</em>
</heading>
<article eId="article-27" period="#period1">
<num>27</num>
<heading>The Crown</heading>
<content>
<p>This Order binds the Crown to the full extent authorised by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.</p>
</content>
</article>
<article eId="article-28" period="#period4">
<num>28</num>
<heading>Regulations and orders</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-28-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
Regulations or orders made under this Order other than orders made under Article l(2) or regulations made under Article
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13(2A) or
</ins>
26(1) shall be subject to negative resolution.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-28-1A">
<num>
<ins class="key-d1a6b9c21b8bd927c728cf6e78835987-1495010943029 first">
<noteRef href="#key-d1a6b9c21b8bd927c728cf6e78835987" marker="F42" class="commentary attribute F"/>
1A
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-d1a6b9c21b8bd927c728cf6e78835987-1495010943029 last">Regulations under Article 13(2A) must be laid before the Assembly after being made and take effect on such date as may be specified in the regulations, but shall (without prejudice to the validity of anything done thereunder or to the making of new regulations) cease to have effect upon the expiration of a period of six months from that date unless at some time before the expiration of that period the regulations are approved by a resolution of the Assembly.</ins>
</p>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-28-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations under Article 22, under Article 26 amending the list of benefits in column (2) of Schedule 2 or under paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 may not be made without the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-28-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Subsections (4), (5), (6) and (10) of section 165 of the Administration Act (regulations and orders – general) apply for the purposes of this Order as they apply for the purposes of that Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-29" period="#period1">
<num>29</num>
<heading>Financial arrangements</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-29-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>There shall be paid out of the National Insurance Fund any expenses of the Department in making payments under Article 16 or 22 to the extent that the Department estimates that those payments relate to sums paid out of that Fund.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-29-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Any sums paid to the Department under Article 8 or 16 shall be paid—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-29-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>into the Consolidated Fund, to the extent that the Department estimates that the sums relate to payments out of money appropriated by Measure, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-29-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>into the National Insurance Fund, to the extent that the Department estimates that they relate to payments out of that Fund.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</article>
<article eId="article-30" period="#period1">
<num>30</num>
<heading>
Power to make transitional, consequential
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
provisions
</heading>
<paragraph eId="article-30-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations may make such transitional and consequential provisions, and such savings, as the Department considers necessary or expedient in preparation for, in connection with, or in consequence of—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-30-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the coming into operation of any provision of this Order, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-30-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the operation of any statutory provision repealed or amended by a provision of this Order during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in operation.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="article-30-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations under this Article may (among other things) provide—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="article-30-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>for compensation payments in relation to which, by virtue of Article 4, this Order does not apply to be treated as payments in relation to which this Order applies,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-30-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for compensation payments in relation to which, by virtue of Article 4, this Order applies to be treated as payments in relation to which this Order does not apply, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="article-30-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>for the modification of any statutory provision contained in this Order or referred to in paragraph (1)(b) in its application to any compensation payment.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</article>
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<blockContainer eId="paragraph-p1" period="#period1">
<p>
<em>Article 31—Amendments and repeals</em>
</p>
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</wrapUp>
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