Prospective
8Continuance of application where applicant diesE
(1)Where an application for redress is made under section 3 or 6 but the applicant dies before the application is determined, the application may continue to proceed in accordance with the rules.
(2)Where the person proceeding with an application for redress by virtue of this section dies before the application is determined, the application may continue to proceed in accordance with the rules.
(3)The person entitled to proceed with an application by virtue of this section is—
(a)the deceased’s surviving partner, or
(b)if there is no surviving partner, a surviving child of the deceased.
(4)The rules may specify circumstances in which it is the deceased’s personal representatives (within the meaning of the Administration of Estates Act 1925) who are entitled to proceed with an application by virtue of this section; and subsection (3) accordingly has effect subject to provision made in rules under this subsection.
Commencement Information
I1S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 33(3)