Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act, 1997

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.