16.—(1) A compensator who may make a compensation payment after 2nd September 1990 in respect of an accident, injury or disease which occurred on or after 1st January 1989 but before 2nd April 1990, shall so inform the Secretary of State as soon as reasonably practicable.
(2) Where an accident or injury occurred or a disease was diagnosed before 1st January 1989 and a compensation payment in respect of that accident, injury or disease is or may be made after 2nd September 1990, then
(a)the provisions of Section 2 of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948 M1shall apply to that payment as though the amendment made to it in paragraph 22 of Schedule 4 to the 1989 Act, had not been enacted, and
(b)the payment shall be calculated as if section 22(6) of that Act had not been enacted.
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