Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 3488
damages
The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
Made
10th December 2007
Laid before Parliament
11th December 2007
Coming into force
1st January 2008
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 3A(5) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977( 1 ), makes the following Order:
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st January 2008.
(2) This Order shall apply only to causes of action which accrue on or after 1st January 2008.
2. In Article 3A(3) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, for “£10,000” there shall be substituted “£11,800”.
Jack Straw
Lord Chancellor
10th December 2007
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) as amended by S.I. 1990/2576 .