Part 1: The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board Section 15: Status etc. of award
This section details a number of matters relating to the compensation award.
	Subsection (1) provides for the award to be paid as one lump sum payment or two lump sum payments as may be necessary under section 14.
	Subsection (2) means that a person will not have to pay tax or national contributions on the award.
	Subsections (3), (4) and (5) provide that the award is to be disregarded in assessing a person’s eligibility to receive means-tested social security benefits, in assessing a person’s liability for paying towards the cost of their residential accommodation and in assessing a person’s eligibility for access to publicly funded legal services i.e. Legal Aid in Northern Ireland.
	Subsection (6) means that a person awarded compensation by the Board may not, at a later date, claim for compensation through civil proceedings for any matters to which the application to the Board related.