Victims Support Act 2013

An applicant for victims support may apply to the Scheme Executive for an internal review of the decision made by a person to whom the Scheme Executive has delegated the Scheme Executive’s functions with respect to an application for victims support (in this Division called the decision maker).

The application must be made within 90 days after the day on which the applicant is given notice of the decision maker’s decision.

An application for an internal review must be in writing and state fully the grounds of the application.

An internal review is to be done by making a new decision, as if the decision being reviewed (the original decision) had not been made, with the new decision being made as if it were being made when the application for support to which the review relates was originally received.

Within 42 days after the application for the internal review is lodged (or such other period as the Scheme Executive and the applicant agree on), the Scheme Executive must notify the applicant in writing of—

the outcome of the internal review, and

the reasons for the decision in the internal review, and

the right of the person to have a decision with respect to a recognition payment administratively reviewed by the Tribunal under section 51.