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 Victims and Survivors

The Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 defines a victim or survivor of the conflict as follows:

(1)

(a) Someone who is or has been physically or psychologically injured as a result of or in consequence of a conflict related incident.

(b) Someone who provides a substantial amount of care on a regular basis for an individual mentioned in
paragraph (a) or

(c) Someone who has been bereaved as a result of or in consequence of a conflict related incident.


(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), an individual may be psychologically injured as a result of or in consequence of -

(a) witnessing a conflict related incident or the consequences of such an incident; or

(b) providing medical or other emergency assistance to an individual in connection with a conflict related incident.