http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/48/section/2ADamages Act 1996 An Act to make new provision in relation to damages for personal injury, including injury resulting in death.1996-07-24texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-07-25Expert Participation2024-07-01 Damages Act 1996s. 2(1A)(1B)Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 3(1)(c)s. 9(2)Damages Act 1996s. 2(A2)Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 3(1)(a)s. 9(2)Damages Act 1996s. 2C 2DDamages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 3(2)s. 9(2)Damages Act 1996s. 2E-2IDamages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 4s. 9(2)Damages Act 1996s. 2JDamages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 5s. 9(2)Damages Act 1996s. 4ADamages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 6s. 9(2)Damages Act 1996s. 4BDamages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019s. 7(1)s. 9(2) 2A1Civil Procedure Rules may require a court to take specified matters into account in considering—awhether to order periodical payments;bthe security of the continuity of payment;cwhether to approve an assignment or charge.2For the purposes of section 2(4)(c) and (7)(d) “government or health service body” means a body designated as a government body or a health service body by order made by the Lord Chancellor.3An order under subsection (2)—ashall be made by statutory instrument, andbshall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.4Section 2(6) is without prejudice to a person’s power to assign a right to the scheme manager established under section 212 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.5In section 2 “damages” includes an interim payment which a court orders a defendant to make to a claimant.6In the application of this section and section 2 to Northern Ireland—aa reference to Civil Procedure Rules shall be taken as a reference to rules of court, ...ba reference to a claimant shall be taken as a reference to a plaintiff.ca reference to the Lord Chancellor shall be taken as a reference to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, anddfor subsection (3)(a) and (b) of this section there is substituted “shall be made by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; and is subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954”.7Section 2 is without prejudice to any power exercisable apart from that section.Ss. 2-2B substituted for s. 2 (E.W.N.I.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 100(1), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(w); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(w) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/911, arts. 1, 11)Words in s. 2A(6) inserted (N.I.) (7.7.2005) by The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1452), arts. 1(4), 23Word in s. 2A(6)(a) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), Sch. 18 para. 56(a) (with arts. 28-31)S. 2A(6)(c)(d) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), Sch. 18 para. 56(b) (with arts. 28-31)