28 Where application is to be sent An application must be lodged with, or posted to, a registrar of the Tribunal. 29 Time for making application (1) An application must be made within 2 years after the occurrence of the act of violence or, in the case of an application by a related victim or a person who has incurred funeral expenses, within 2 years after the death of the primary victim. S. 29(2) (2) The Tribunal must strike out an application made amended by out of time unless it considers that, in the No. 52/1997 particular circumstances, the application ought not s. 6(1)(a)(b). to be struck out. (3) In determining whether to further hear and S. 29(3) amended by determine an application made out of time, the No. 52/1997 Tribunal must have regard to— s. 6(2). (a) the age of the applicant at the time of the occurrence of the act of violence; S. 29(3)(b) (b) whether the applicant is intellectually amended by disabled within the meaning of the Nos 23/2006 Disability Act 2006 or mentally ill within s. 250, 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2014; item 33.1). (c) whether the person who committed, or is alleged by the applicant to have committed, the act of violence was in a position of power, influence or trust in relation to the applicant; (d) the physical or psychological effect of the act of violence on the applicant; (e) whether the delay in making the application threatens the capacity of the Tribunal to make a fair decision;
28 Where application is to be sent An application must be lodged with, or posted to, a registrar of the Tribunal. 29 Time for making application (1) An application must be made within 2 years after the occurrence of the act of violence or, in the case of an application by a related victim or a person who has incurred funeral expenses, within 2 years after the death of the primary victim. S. 29(2) amended by No. 52/1997 s. 6(1)(a)(b). (2) The Tribunal must strike out an application made out of time unless it considers that, in the particular circumstances, the application ought not to be struck out. S. 29(3) amended by No. 52/1997 s. 6(2). (3) In determining whether to further hear and determine an application made out of time, the Tribunal must have regard to— (a) the age of the applicant at the time of the occurrence of the act of violence; S. 29(3)(b) amended by Nos 23/2006 s. 250, 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. item 33.1). (b) whether the applicant is intellectually disabled within the meaning of the Disability Act 2006 or mentally ill within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2014; (c) whether the person who committed, or is alleged by the applicant to have committed, the act of violence was in a position of power, influence or trust in relation to the applicant; (d) the physical or psychological effect of the act of violence on the applicant; (e) whether the delay in making the application threatens the capacity of the Tribunal to make a fair decision;
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