60Variation of award

60 Variation of award S. 60(1) amended by No. 54/2000 s. 18(1). (1) The Tribunal may, on the application of the person to whom, or for whose benefit, an award of assistance was made (including an award of special financial assistance made in accordance with section 8A), vary the award (including an award that has been previously varied) in any manner that the Tribunal thinks fit, whether as to the terms of the award or by increasing or decreasing the amount of assistance awarded or in some other way. S. 60(1A) inserted by No. 21/2022 s. 85. (1A) An application under subsection (1) cannot be made on or after the commencement of section 21 of the **Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022**. See section 74 of the **Victims of Crime (Financial Assistance Scheme) Act 2022** in relation to variation of awards made under this Act. S. 60(2) amended by No. 54/2000 s. 18(2). (2) The Tribunal must not make an order for variation of an award if the application for variation is made more than 6 years after the making of the original award unless the person to whom, or for whose benefit, the award was made was under 18 years of age when the original award was made in which case an application may be made at any time up until he or she turns 24. (3) In considering an application for variation the Tribunal must have regard to— (a) any fresh evidence that has become available since the award was made or last varied; (b) any change of circumstances that has occurred since the award was made or last varied or that is likely to occur; (c) any payments received by or payable to the person to whom, or for whose benefit, an award of assistance was made in respect of the injury or death since the award was made or last varied; (d) anything else that the Tribunal thinks is relevant. (4) In exercising its power under this section, the Tribunal must do so in accordance with the other provisions of this Act relating to the payment of, or the amount of, assistance. Division 3—Refunds