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(1)The Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers must review a certificate issued by him or them if the certificate relates to a claim made by or on behalf of an injured person—
(a)in respect of which, after the certificate is issued, a court in England and Wales or Scotland orders a reduction of damages in accordance with section 1 of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 (c. 28),
(b)in respect of which, after the certificate is issued, a court in Northern Ireland orders a reduction of damages in accordance with section 2 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 (c. 23),
(c)in respect of which, after the certificate is issued, a court in a country other than England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland orders a reduction of damages under any provision of the law of that country which appears to the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers (as the case may be) to correspond to section 1 of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945,
(d)in respect of which, after the certificate is issued, an officer of a court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland enters or seals an agreed judgement or order which specifies—
(i)that the damages are to be reduced to reflect the injured person’s share in the responsibility for the injury in question, and
(ii)the amount or proportion by which they are to be so reduced,
(e)in the case of which, after the certificate is issued, the parties to any resulting action before a court in Scotland execute a joint minute which specifies—
(i)that the action has been settled extra-judicially, and
(ii)the matters mentioned in paragraph (d)(i) and (ii),
(f)in respect of which, after the certificate is issued, a document is made under any provision of the law of a country other than England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland—
(i)which appears to the Secretary of State to correspond to an agreed judgement or order entered or sealed by an officer of a court in England and Wales, and
(ii)which specifies the matters mentioned in paragraph (d)(i) and (ii), or
(g)in the case of which, after the certificate is issued, a document is made under any provision of the law of a country other than England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland—
(i)which appears to the Scottish Ministers to correspond to a joint minute executed by the parties to a resulting action before a court in Scotland specifying that the action has been settled extra-judicially, and
(ii)which specifies the matters mentioned in paragraph (d)(i) and (ii),
and notification of the order, judgement, minute or document has been given to the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers (as the case may be) in the prescribed manner.
(2)Regulations may make provision as to the circumstances in which the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers must review a certificate relating to a claim which, after the certificate is issued, becomes a qualifying claim (as defined in section 153(9)).
(3)If—
(a)the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers have issued certificates to a person specifying an amount (or amounts) for which that person is liable under section 150(2) in respect of the same injured person in consequence of the same injury, and
(b)either the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers subsequently adjusts or adjust the amount (or amounts) specified in the certificate issued by him or them on a review of, or an appeal against, that certificate,
the other must review the certificate issued by him or them (as the case may be) if he is or they are satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to make consequential adjustments to that certificate.
(4)The Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers may review a certificate issued by him or them—
(a)either within the prescribed period or in prescribed cases or circumstances, and
(b)either on application made for the purpose or on his or their initiative.
(5)On a review under or by virtue of this section, the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers may—
(a)confirm the certificate,
(b)issue a fresh certificate containing such variations as he considers or they consider appropriate, or
(c)revoke the certificate.
(6)But the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers may not vary a certificate so as to increase the amount, or the aggregate amount, specified unless it appears to him or them that the variation is required as a result of his or their having been supplied with incorrect or insufficient information by the person to whom the certificate is issued.
(7)Subsections (5) and (6) of section 152 apply to certificates issued under subsection (5)(b) above as they apply to certificates issued under section 151.
Commencement Information
I1S. 156 partly in force; s. 156 in force at Royal Assent for certain purposes, see s. 199(1)(4)
I2S. 156 in force at 29.1.2007 for E.W. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/3397, art. 2(2)(a)
I3S. 156 in force at 29.1.2007 for S. in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2007/10, art. 2(2)(a)
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