Part 1: The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board Section 16: Right to appeal
This section sets out arrangements for appealing against a determination on compensation.
	Subsection (1) provides that a person may appeal against a decision not to award compensation or against the amount of compensation that has been determined. Subsection (2) sets out that a person must explain in writing, the reasons why an appeal is being made.
	Subsection (3) provides that rules may set out more detail on the method and procedure for bringing an appeal.
	Subsections (4) and (5) provide that the President will appoint a single judicial member to determine an appeal and this cannot be the chair of the panel which made the determination on the application to which the appeal relates.
	Subsection (6) means that the single judicial member will make a determination on the appeal subject to the same procedures used by the panel in making the original determination on the application (after having fully re-considered all the facts and details provided).
	Subsection (7) means that the provisions in section 14 are only applicable to an appeal where the appeal is against a determination that no compensation should be awarded.
	Subsection (8) confirms that an appeal against the amount of compensation refers to the amount of compensation before any actuarial adjustment may have been made under section 13.
	Subsection (9) allows for the single judicial member to confirm or reverse the original decision or increase or decrease the amount of compensation. This decision will be final as provided for in subsection (11).