Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act, 1997
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Dissolution of and claims before non-statutory scheme Tribunal. |
6.—(1) On the establishment day the non-statutory scheme Tribunal shall stand dissolved. | |
(2) Any claim which, immediately before the establishment day, is pending before the non-statutory scheme Tribunal shall be heard and determined as if it was a claim made under this Act. | ||
(3) A person who has had a claim for compensation determined by the non-statutory scheme Tribunal may— | ||
(a) apply to the Tribunal to hear evidence at the discretion of the Tribunal which was not made available to the non-statutory scheme Tribunal in calculating the award made to that person, | ||
(b) apply to the Tribunal to hear evidence on any statutory or non-statutory benefits which she or he has received or is entitled to receive which were taken into account by the non-statutory scheme Tribunal in assessing an award to that person, | ||
(c) apply to the Tribunal for an award of aggravated or exemplary damages or an amount to be paid to her or him from the Fund, | ||
(d) apply to the Tribunal for the adjustment of any award made by the non-statutory scheme Tribunal to an award to which she or he would have been entitled had section 2(l)(a) of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act, 1996 , been in force at the time of the making of the award, or | ||
(e) appeal an award. |