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Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Act 2024

2024 CHAPTER 1

An Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangements to compensate persons affected by the Horizon system and in respect of other matters identified in legal proceedings relating to the Horizon system.

[25th January 2024]

Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1Expenditure in connection with compensation schemes relating to Post Office Horizon system etc.U.K.

(1)There may be paid out of money provided by Parliament expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangements—

(a)to compensate persons affected by the Horizon system;

(b)to compensate persons in respect of other matters identified in High Court judgments given in proceedings relating to the Horizon system.

(2)The Horizon system” means previous versions of the computer system known as Horizon (and sometimes referred to as Legacy Horizon, Horizon Online or HNG-X) used by Post Office Limited.

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I1S. 1 in force at Royal Assent

2Short titleU.K.

This Act may be cited as the Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Act 2024.

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I2S. 2 in force at Royal Assent

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