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6 Guarantees for public sector settlements.U.K.
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a claim or action for damages for personal injury is settled [F1on terms whereby the damages are to consist wholly or partly of periodical payments]; or
(b)a court awarding damages for personal injury makes an order incorporating such terms.
(2)If it appears to a Minister of the Crown that the payments are to be made by a body in relation to which he has, by virtue of this section, power to do so, he may guarantee the payments to be made under the agreement or order.
(3)The bodies in relation to which a Minister may give such a guarantee shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be such bodies as are designated in relation to the relevant government department by guidelines agreed upon between that department and the Treasury.
(4)A guarantee purporting to be given by a Minister under this section shall not be invalidated by any failure on his part to act in accordance with such guidelines as are mentioned in subsection (3) above.
(5)A guarantee under this section shall be given on such terms as the Minister concerned may determine but those terms shall in every case require the body in question to reimburse the Minister, with interest, for any sums paid by him in fulfilment of the guarantee.
(6)Any sums required by a Minister for fulfilling a guarantee under this section shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament and any sums received by him by way of reimbursement or interest shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(7)A Minister who has given one or more guarantees under this section shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, lay before each House of Parliament a statement showing what liabilities are outstanding in respect of the guarantees in that year, what sums have been paid in that year in fulfilment of the guarantees and what sums (including interest) have been recovered in that year in respect of the guarantees or are still owing.
(8)In this section “government department” means any department of Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom and for the purposes of this section a government department is a relevant department in relation to a Minister if he has responsibilities in respect of that department.
[F2(8A)In the application of subsection (3) above to Scotland, for the words from “guidelines” to the end there shall be substituted “the Minister”.]
[F3(8B)In the application of this section to Scotland, “relevant government department” shall be read as if it was a reference to any part of the Scottish Administration and subsection (8) shall cease to have effect.]
(9)[F4Schedule 1] to this Act has effect for conferring corresponding powers on Northern Ireland departments.
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F1Words in s. 6(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 101(2), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(w); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(w)
F2S. 6(8A) inserted (1.7.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 125, Sch. 8, para. 34 (with s. 126(3)-(11); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(1),
F3S. 6(8B) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, art. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 126(3)
F4Words in s. 6(9) substituted (20.12.2018) by Civil Liability Act 2018 (c. 29), ss. 10(4)(d), 14
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