Part 1: The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board Section 6: Entitlement to claim compensation in respect of a deceased person
This section means that an application can be made to the Board in respect of a person who would have been entitled to apply for compensation but died on or after 28 April 1953.
	Under subsection (1) only the deceased’s surviving spouse, civil partner, cohabiting partner or children can make an application for compensation if they are a residuary beneficiary of the deceased’s estate. A residuary beneficiary is a person who receives anything by a will that is not left specifically to that person or someone else. For example, if Paul makes a will leaving an amount of money to Mark and the remainder of his property to Jane, then Jane is the residuary beneficiary of Paul.
	Subsection (2) provides for a panel appointed on behalf of the Board, to receive applications from surviving spouse or children who are beneficiaries but not residuary beneficiaries of the deceased’s estate, where they consider it is in the interests of justice to so.
	Subsection (3) means that the application may be made jointly by two or more persons, for example a surviving spouse and two children. Any reference to a ‘person’ making an application under this part of the Act therefore also refers to persons who have applied jointly.
	Subsection (4) allows for Rules to make provision for what happens when an applicant dies before the Board has made a determination on the application.
	Subsection (5) sets out the definition of a surviving co-habiting partner for the purposes of this section.
	Subsection (6) defines residuary beneficiary as a person entitled to the residuary estate under a will or if the person has died without leaving a valid will, under the law of intestacy. When a person dies without leaving a valid will, their property (the estate) must be shared out according to certain rules. These are called the rules of intestacy.
	Subsection (7) means that the reference to "a beneficiary of the deceased’s estate" (in section 6(2)) is to be read in light of the definition of "residuary beneficiary" in subsection (6).
	Subsection (8) sets out the definition of a child for the purposes of this section.
	Subsection (9) defines the composition of the panel referred to in subsection (2).