Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 1126
Damages, England And Wales
The Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2019
Made
11th July 2019
Laid before Parliament
15th July 2019
Coming into force
5th August 2 019
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section A1 of the Damages Act 1996( 1 ), having reviewed and determined the rate of return in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule A1 to that Act:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2019 and comes into force on 5th August 2019.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.
Rate of return
2. The rate of return referred to in section A1(1) of the Damages Act 1996 shall be minus 0.25 per cent.
David Gauke
Lord Chancellor
Ministry of Justice
11th July 2019
1996 c. 48 . Section A1 and Schedule A1 were inserted by the Civil Liability Act 2018 (c. 29) , s 10.