PART IINORTHERN IRELAND CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION SCHEME

Alterations to the Scheme10

1

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.

2

Where the Secretary of State is required to lay a draft before F2the Assembly under paragraph (1), he shall not give effect to the proposal concerned unless the draft has been approved by a resolution of F3the Assembly.

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

b

before the end of the F8statutory period beginning with the date on which the resolution was made, lay a statement of those alterations before F9the Assembly.

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