PART IINORTHERN IRELAND CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION SCHEME
Alterations to the Scheme10
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Before making any alteration to—
a
the Tariff,
b
any provision of the Scheme as to the circumstances in which an injury is to be treated for the purposes of the Scheme as having been sustained in Northern Ireland,
c
any provision of the Scheme made by virtue of Article 4(2)(b) to (d) (additional amounts of compensation and bereavement support payments),
d
any provision of the Scheme as to the circumstances in which compensation may be payable with respect to a criminal injury of a kind for which no provision is made by the Tariff,
e
any provision of the Scheme as to the calculation of compensation in respect of multiple injuries,
f
any provision of the Scheme made by virtue of Article 4(7)(a) (limit on compensation),
g
any provision of the Scheme as to the circumstances in which an award may be withheld or compensation reduced,
h
any provision of the Scheme which gives a right of appeal, or
i
any provision of the Scheme which specifies the circumstances in which an appeal is to be dealt with by a hearing,
the Secretary of State shall lay before F1the Assembly a draft of the provision as proposed to be altered.
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3
Whenever any provision of the Scheme other than one mentioned in paragraph (1) is altered, the Secretary of State shall lay a statement of the altered provision before F4the Assembly.
4
If any statement laid before F5the Assembly under paragraph (3) is disapproved by a resolution of F6the Assembly passed before the end of the F7statutory period next after the date on which the statement was laid, the Secretary of State shall—
a
make such alterations in the Scheme as appear to him to be required in the circumstances; and
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