Statutory Instruments
DAMAGES
Made
11th March 2002
Laid before Parliament
11th March 2002
Coming into force
1st April 2002
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 3A(5) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(1), hereby makes the following Order:—
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2002.
(2) This Order shall apply only to causes of action which accrue on or after 1st April 2002.
2. In Article 3A(3) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, for the figure “£7,500” there shall be substituted the figure “£10,000”.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 11th March 2002
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends Article 3A(3) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 by increasing the sum which may be awarded as damages for bereavement in Northern Ireland from £7,500 to £10,000.
S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18); Article 3A was inserted by section 68 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to, the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53) and amended by S.I. 1990/2576.