The Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2017

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2017/206

2017 No. 206

Damages, England And Wales

The Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2017

Made 24th February 2017

Laid before Parliament 27th February 2017

Coming into force 20th March 2017

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Damages Act 19961, having consulted the Government Actuary and the Treasury in accordance with section 1(4) of that Act:

S-1 Citation, commencement and extent

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2017 and shall come into force on 20th March 2017.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.

S-2 Rate of return

Rate of return

2. The rate of return referred to in section 1(1) of the Damages Act 1996 shall be minus 0.75 per cent.

Elizabeth Truss

Lord Chancellor

Ministry of Justice

24th February 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prescribes minus 0.75 per cent as the rate of return which, under section 1 of the Damages Act 1996, courts are required to take into account when calculating damages for future pecuniary loss in an action for personal injury.


(1) 1996 c. 48. Section 1(5) was substituted by article 4 of, and paragraph 126 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 1999/1820. Section 1(6) was inserted by article 15(5) of, and paragraphs 54 and 55 of Part 1 of Schedule 18 to, S.I. 2010/976.

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