In this Schedule—

• “financial year” means—

  1. a

     the period beginning with the date of the coming into operation of section 1 of the Commission for Victims and Survivors Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 and ending on the next following 31st March; and

  2. b

     any subsequent period of 12 months ending on 31st March; and

• “member” means a member of the Commission.