## Interpretation 

2. —(1) In these Regulations— 

“appeal panel” means a panel appointed by the President of the Board under regulation 35(1); 

“the Board” means the Victims’ Payments Board established by regulation 3(1); 

“the Executive Office” means the Executive Office in Northern Ireland; 

“the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018( a ) (see section 3 of that Act). 

“degree of disablement” means the degree of disablement assessed in accordance with regulation 15 and “assessed” is to be construed accordingly; 

“the deceased” has the meaning given in regulation 10(1); 

“degree of relevant disablement” means— 

(a) the degree of permanent disablement, or 

(b) in a case where an interim assessment has been made, the degree of disablement of a person during an interim period; 

“the Department” means the Department designated under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1; 

“disablement” means damage, disfigurement and loss of physical or mental capacity resulting from injury, and “disabled” shall be construed accordingly; 

“health care professional” means— 

(a) a registered medical practitioner; 

(b) a registered nurse; 

(c) an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by an Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999( b ), or 

(d) a member of such other profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002( c ); 

“interim assessment” has the meaning given by regulation 14(1)(b); 

“interim period” has the meaning given by regulation 14(1)(a); 

“legal member” means a member of the Board appointed under paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 1; 

“medical member” means a member of the Board appointed under paragraph 3(1)(b) of Schedule 1; 

“ordinary member” means a member of the Board appointed under paragraph 3(1)(c) of Schedule 1; 

“panel” means a panel appointed by the President of the Board (other than an appeal panel); 

“permanent”, in relation to disablement, means where, following appropriate clinical management of adequate duration, an injury has reached a steady or stable state at maximum medical improvement; 

“personal data” means data within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018 except that it also includes data relating to a deceased individual where the data would be personal data within the meaning of that section if it related to a living individual; 

“relevant incident” means a Troubles-related incident determined by a panel under regulation 12(3)(c) to be an incident in relation to which the applicant is entitled to victims’ payments; 

“review panel” means a panel appointed by the President of the Board under regulation 43(3. 

