2. Periodic payments orders - insertion of Part IVB in Civil Liability Act 1961
The Civil Liability Act 1961 is amended by the insertion of the following Part after Part IVA (inserted by section 4 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011):
"Part IVB Periodic Payments Orders
51H. Interpretation (Part IVB)
In this Part -
'Act of 2004' means the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004;
'activities of daily living' includes dressing, eating, walking, washing and bathing;
'catastrophic injury' means, in relation to a person, a personal injury which is of such severity that it results in a permanent disability to the person requiring the person to receive life-long care and assistance in all activities of daily living or a substantial part thereof;
'child' means a person under the age of 18 years;
'Clinical Indemnity Scheme' means the scheme established by the State under which the State Claims Agency manages clinical negligence claims taken against certain State Authorities and other parties indemnified by the scheme;
'General Indemnity Scheme' means the scheme established by the State under which the State Claims Agency manages negligence claims, other than clinical negligence claims to which the Clinical Indemnity Scheme applies, taken against certain State Authorities;
'Insurance Compensation Fund' means the fund established under section 2 of the Insurance Act 1964;
'Minister' means the Minister for Justice and Equality;
'paying party' means the party who is responsible for making payments to a plaintiff under a periodic payments order;
'periodic payments order' has the meaning assigned to it by section 51I;