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Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 206

Damages, England And Wales

The Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2017

Made

24th February 2017

Laid before Parliament

27th February 2017

Coming into force

20th March 2017

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Damages Act 1996( 1 ), having consulted the Government Actuary and the Treasury in accordance with section 1(4) of that Act:

Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2017 and shall come into force on 20th March 2017.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.

Rate of return

2. The rate of return referred to in section 1(1) of the Damages Act 1996 shall be minus 0.75 per cent.

Elizabeth Truss

Lord Chancellor

Ministry of Justice

24th February 2017

( 1 )

1996 c. 48 . Section 1(5) was substituted by article 4 of, and paragraph 126 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 1999/1820 . Section 1(6) was inserted by article 15(5) of, and paragraphs 54 and 55 of Part 1 of Schedule 18 to, S.I. 2010/976 .

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