Coronavirus Act 2020

X1 [F1 8 (1) The appropriate national authority must publish a scheme for the making of payments to persons to whom directions are given under paragraph 5. U.K.

(2) The scheme must include provision for a person to whom a direction is given under paragraph 5 to be paid—

(a) a reasonable sum in respect of anything provided by the person in accordance with the direction, and

(b) compensation in respect of—

(i) any losses,

(ii) any liabilities to pay damages for breach of contract, or

(iii) any other liabilities,

incurred by the person as a result of the direction.

(3) The scheme may include provision for payments in respect of other matters.

(4) The scheme may include provision designed to prevent double recovery (for example, by reducing a payment in respect of a liability for which a person is entitled to be indemnified under an insurance policy).

(5) A payment under the scheme—

(a) in relation to a direction given by a local authority under paragraph 5(1), is to be paid by that local authority;

(b) in relation to a direction given by the appropriate national authority in reliance on paragraph 6, is to be paid by the local authority that it considered to be failing to exercise functions properly;

(c) in relation to a direction under paragraph 5(2), is to be paid by the appropriate national authority.

(6) The scheme may include provision about procedural matters, including provision—

(a) imposing time limits for the making of a claim or other steps under the scheme;

(b) about the calculation of amounts and how they are to be determined;

(c) permitting or requiring the review of decisions under the scheme.

(7) The scheme may confer discretions or other functions on public authorities.

(8) The appropriate national authority may vary a scheme under this paragraph.

(9) The appropriate national authority need not make a scheme under this paragraph unless or until it has designated a local authority under paragraph 4.]

Editorial Information

X1 The power conferred under this provision to publish or vary a scheme may be exercised by means of a notice published in The Gazette

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 28 Pt. 2 suspended (E.N.I.) (21.4.2021) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Suspension: Temporary Judicial Commissioners, Urgent Warrants, and Disposal of Bodies) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/486), regs. 1(2), 3

Sch. 28 Pt. 2 suspended (S.) (9.7.2021) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Suspension: Disposal of Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/250), regs. 1(1), 2

Sch. 28 Pt. 2 suspended (W.) (24.9.2021) by The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Suspension: Transportation, Storage and Disposal of Dead Bodies etc) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1042), regs. 1(2), 2(b)