What we've done, as we discussed earlier, is limit what the minister can hand out by way of interim compensation prior to the formation of the tribunal. When we get to the establishment of the tribunal of retired judges, we have drafted it to be respectful of their expertise. The tribunal's limitation is that it “may award interim compensation in respect of a claim heard by it before making a decision with respect to the entirety of the claim”. Their only direction here is that they're not supposed to be giving it all out. They can give some.
We drafted this because we're mindful that some of these claims could be very complex, and it might take some time to sort out everything. If there's some part of it that's clear, and the tribunal has a good idea of what it's likely to do, then the tribunal is able to award interim compensation. As we read further, we see that those amounts awarded are taken into account in the final determination of the claim.