Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003
Personal Injuries Assessment Board.
53.—(1) There shall stand established, on the establishment day, a body which shall be known as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (in this Act referred to as the “Board”) to perform the functions conferred on it by this Act.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and shall have power to sue, and may be sued, in its corporate name, and shall, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, have power to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land, and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.
(3) The Board shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be independent in the performance of its functions.
(4) The seal of the Board shall be authenticated by—
(a) the signature of 2 members of the Board, or
(b) the signatures of both—
(i) a member of the Board, and
(ii) such member of the staff of the Board as is authorised by the Board to act in that behalf.
(5) Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal of the Board and any document purporting to be an instrument made by, and to be sealed with the seal of, the Board shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such instrument without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C12
Name of Personal Injuries Assessment Board changed (14.12.2023) by Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 (42/2022), s. 2, S.I. No. 626 of 2023, art. 3 and Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 (Change of Name of Board) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 627 of 2023), art. 2
Change of name of Board
2. (1) The Personal Injuries Assessment Board, shall on and from such day as the Minister appoints by order be known, in the Irish language, as An Bord um Réiteach Díobhálacha Pearsanta and, in the English language, as the Personal Injuries Resolution Board.
(2) References in any enactment, statutory instrument or legal proceedings or any other document to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board shall, on and from such date as the Minister appoints under subsection (1) be read as references, in the Irish language, to An Bord um Réiteach Díobhálacha Pearsanta or, in the English language, to the Personal Injuries Resolution Board.
C13
Functions transferred and references to “Department of Finance” and “Minister for Finance” construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3(a), 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2).
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of –
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Provision |
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No. 46 of 2003 |
Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 |
Sections 53(2), 55, 61(3) and 74 |
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