Advisors  SCHEDULE 2  Assessment of disablement  Assessment of degree of disablement  13. —(1) The Board may appoint one or more persons to act as advisors to the Board.  (2) A person may be appointed as an advisor only if it appears to the Board that the person has  expertise that makes that person a suitable person to provide advice to the Board.  (3) The Board may at any time terminate the appointment of an advisor.  14. —(1) The Board must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, send to the  Executive Office a report on the exercise of the Board’s functions during that year.  (2) The Executive Office must, in the case of each report sent to it under this paragraph, lay a  copy of the report before the Northern Ireland Assembly.  (3) In this paragraph, “financial year” means—  Annual report  (a) the period beginning with the day on which the Board is established under section 1 and  ending with the next 31 March following that date, and  (b) each successive period of twelve months ending with 31 March.  (a) the person so disabled, and  (b) an average, healthy person of the same age and sex who is not disabled.  (a) the earning capacity of the person so disabled in the person’s trade or occupation or any  other trade or occupation, and  (b) the effect of any individual factors or extraneous circumstances.  1. —(1) The degree of the disablement caused by a relevant incident is assessed by making a  comparison between the condition of—  (2) In making the comparison in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), the following must not be  taken into account—  (3) Where disablement is caused by more than one relevant incident, a composite assessment of  the degree of disablement is to be made by reference to the combined effect of all such incidents.  (4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), where the sole injury which an applicant suffers as a result of  the relevant incident is one specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (General  Benefit) Regulations 1982 (prescribed degrees of disablement), whether or not such injury  incorporates one or more other injuries so specified, the assessed degree of disablement suffered  by the applicant as a result of that injury is the degree of disablement specified in column 2 of that  Schedule.  (5) The degree of disablement assessed in accordance with paragraph (4) is subject to such  increase or reduction of that degree of disablement as may be reasonable in the circumstances of  the case where that degree of disablement does not provide a reasonable assessment of the degree  of disablement resulting from the relevant incident.  (6) Where the assessed degree of disablement is increased or decreased in accordance with sub- paragraph (6), the health care professional conducting the assessment must make a record of the  reason for the increase or decrease.  (7) For the purpose of assessing the degree of disablement resulting from an injury not specified  in Column 1 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982, the health  32 Regulation 15(8) 