Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022

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Number 42 of 2022

PERSONAL INJURIES RESOLUTION BOARD ACT 2022

CONTENTS

Section

1. Definitions

2. Change of name of Board

3. Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act

4. Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act

5. Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act

6. Making of statement referred to in section 14(1)(a) or 14(1)(c)(i) or omission to make statement referred to in section 14(1)(c)(ii) not an admission of liability

7. Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act

8. Amendment of section 18 of Principal Act

9. Mediation

10. Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act

11. Amendment of section 22 of Principal Act

12. Amendment of section 38 of Principal Act

13. Amendment of section 49 of Principal Act

14. Assessment of relevant claims where long term prognosis is awaited

15. Amendment of section 50 of Principal Act

16. Amendment of section 51A of Principal Act

17. Amendment of section 54 of Principal Act

18. Amendment of section 54A of Principal Act

19. Amendment of section 69 of Principal Act

20. Amendment of section 73 of Principal Act

21. Board shall provide information requested by Minister

22. Offences: false or misleading information

23. Review of amendments effected by this Act

24. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 2014

25. Short title, commencement and collective citation

Acts Referred to

Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005

Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30)

Judicial Council Act 2019 (No. 33)

Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65)

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (No. 46)

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Acts 2003 to 2019

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (No. 33)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)

Number 42 of 2022

PERSONAL INJURIES RESOLUTION BOARD ACT 2022

An Act to amend and extend the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 ; to provide for the change of the name of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to, in the Irish language, An Bord um Réiteach Díobhálacha Pearsanta and, in the English language, the Personal Injuries Resolution Board; to provide that the Board may make provision for a mediation process in respect of relevant claims; to provide that the Board may appoint mediators and may make rules in relation to the mediation process; to amend the procedures in relation to the assessment of claims where a long term prognosis is awaited, in relation to the imposition and charging of fees and in relation to costs in proceedings where an assessment has not been accepted by the claimant; to amend the functions of the Board; to provide for an offence of providing false or misleading information in certain circumstances; to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014 ; and to provide for related matters.

[13th December, 2022]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: