Commentary on Sections Compensation of victims of overseas terrorism Section 51: Claims officers etc
232.Section 51 provides that the Scheme may include provision for applications to be determined and compensation payments made by claims officers appointed by the Secretary of State. Such claims officers will, in practice, be staff of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. Although the Authority is part of the Ministry of Justice, decisions taken by claims officers for the purposes of the scheme are not to be regarded as being taken by, or on behalf of, the Secretary of State (see subsection (3)).