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Establish
a Commission to review the operation of the Criminal Injuries
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Compensation Scheme and
to make proposals for amendments to the Scheme. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Commission
for the Review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme |
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(1) |
There shall be a Commission
for Review of the Criminal Injuries |
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Compensation Scheme (“the
Commission”). |
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(2) |
The Commission shall be
composed of a Chairman of the Commission and no |
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more than four other members.
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(3) |
The Secretary of State
shall appoint the Chairman and other members of the |
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The Secretary of State
shall determine the duration and terms of appointments |
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The
Secretary of State may make payments to the Chairman and other
members of the |
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Commission
in respect of expenses incurred by them in the performance of
their duties. |
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(6) |
The
Secretary of State may also defray any other expenses of the
Commission. |
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Functions
of the Commission |
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(1) |
The function of the Commission
is to review the operation of the Criminal |
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Injuries Compensation Scheme
in respect of the matters specified in subsection |
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(2) and to make any proposals
for amendment of the scheme in respect of those |
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In accordance with subsection
(1), the Commission may— |
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review the payment of compensation
to United Kingdom nationals |
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who are the victim of acts
of terrorism committed in— |
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(i) |
the United Kingdom, and
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(ii) |
outside
the United Kingdom; |
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(b) |
take account of the financial
costs incurred by victims as a consequence |
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of the terrorism incident.
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Reports
from the Commission |
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(1) |
The Commission must complete
its review and submit any report containing |
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recommendations to the
Secretary of State no later than six months after the |
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date on which the members
of the Commission are appointed. |
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(2) |
The Secretary of State
must— |
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lay a copy of the report
received under subsection (1) before |
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make a motion in the House
of Commons relating to the report no later |
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than three months after
the date on which it is laid before Parliament. |
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There
shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any expenditure
of the |
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Secretary
of State in consequence of this Act. |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited
as the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (Review) |
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(2) |
This Act does not extend
to Northern Ireland. |
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