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UK Law Reference
All sections of Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Act 2019
2019 c. 31, s.8

Section 8 — Appointment of panel

This version in force from 2020-03-27

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) An application for compensation under this Part is to be determined on behalf of the Board by a panel appointed by the President of the Board.

(2) A panel appointed under this section is to consist of—

(a) one judicial member of the Board, who is to be the chair of the panel, and

(b) two other members of the Board, neither of whom is a judicial member.

(3) The panel must determine—

(a) whether compensation should be awarded on the application, and

(b) if so, the amount of compensation that should be awarded.

(4) A panel appointed under section 6(2) may determine any application which it agreed to receive under that provision (as well as any other application for compensation under this Part); and, where it does so, the panel is to be treated for the purposes of this Act as if it had been appointed under this section.