Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002
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Assessment of injuries regulations. |
17.—(1) The Minister shall make regulations specifying the amount to be paid for abuse, injuries and medical expenses and shall, when making such regulations, have regard to the report referred to in section 16 . | |
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister shall specify in the regulations— | ||
(a) categories of abuse, including categories of severity of abuse, | ||
(b) categories of injuries, or | ||
(c) amounts to be paid in an award for such abuse and injuries, and where appropriate, the range of such amounts having regard to the severity of the abuse and injuries. |