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• (a) “overseas volunteer” means a person ordinarily resident outside the United Kingdom who had, in accordance with arrangements made by or on behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, volunteered or been required to undertake a war occupation; and

• (b) “war occupation”, in relation to an overseas volunteer, means service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown raised or established in the United Kingdom, work which might be selected for that volunteer by or on behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, or any other work which the Secretary of State considers it was in the national interest for the volunteer to perform during the period of the emergency.

Persons ordinarily resident outside the United Kingdom

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Where any person who has sustained a qualifying injury, or any person in respect of whom an award may be or has been made under this Scheme to such a person, or any person to or in respect of whom an award may be or has been made under this Scheme in respect of the death of another person, is or becomes ordinarily resident outside the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State may withhold or cancel any award of a pension under this Scheme to or in respect of that person or may, if he so thinks fit having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the standard of living in the place where that person is or has become ordinarily resident, reduce the amount of the award.

Prevention of double payments

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• (1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a payment (not being a payment in respect of the expenses incurred in connection with a funeral) has been or will be made under an appropriate provision in respect of an injury (whether resulting in disablement or death), an award of a pension in respect of that injury shall not be made under Part III, IV or V or Article 72 of this Scheme and any such award which has been made shall be cancelled:

Provided that where payments have been or are being made under an appropriate provision specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) of this Article in respect of a qualifying injury sustained in the actual discharge of duty or under an appropriate provision specified in sub-paragraph (e) or (f) of paragraph (3) of this Article in respect of a war injury sustained in the execution of duty, the Secretary of State may make such awards under Part III, IV or V or Article 72 of this Scheme in respect of that injury as he may consider appropriate for the purpose of securing that the aggregate weekly value of—

• (a) the payments made to or for the benefit of any person in respect of the injury under those awards; and

• (b) the payments made under that appropriate provision by reason of the retirement from service or death of the injured person whether made in respect of the injury or not;

is not less than the aggregate weekly value of—

• (i) the payments which would, if the same injury had been sustained otherwise than in the execution of duty, have been made to or for the benefit of the same person in respect of that injury under Part III, IV or V or Article 72 of this Scheme; and

• (ii) the payments, if any, which would in the same event have been made under that appropriate provision by reason of the retirement from service or death of the injured person.

• (2) For the purposes of this Article—

• (a) any compensation granted in respect of a war injury shall, if granted by an authority responsible for the making of grants under an appropriate provision, be deemed to be granted under that appropriate provision in respect of that injury; and

• (b) references to a war injury sustained in the execution of duty shall include references to a war injury which is for the purposes of any relevant appropriate provision to be deemed to have been sustained in the execution of duty.

• (3) In this Article, “appropriate provision” means any of the following enactments, provisions or instruments, that is to say—

• (a) the principal civil service pension scheme within the meaning of section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1972 in so far as the same makes provision formerly provided for by section 18 of the Superannuation Act 1965;

• (b) section 56 of the Superannuation Act 1949;

• (c) any of the enactments mentioned in the first column of Parts I and II of the Schedule to the Superannuation (Various Services) Act 1938;

• (d) section 20 of the Greenwich Hospital Act 1865, as extended by section 8 of the Greenwich Hospital Act 1872 and section 1 of the Greenwich Hospital Act 1942;

• (e) any public or local Act (other than the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937, the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act 1937 and the Local Government Superannuation Act 1953 which, since the commencement of the Superannuation Act 1972, have effect in the manner therein provided), charter or scheme for the grant of pensions, allowances or gratuities for professional firemen and their widows, children and dependants;

• (f) the Police Pensions Act 1921, the Police Pensions Act 1948, as modified by the Police Act 1964, the Police Pensions Act 1976, section 2 of the Constabulary Act (Northern Ireland) 1922, the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, the Special Constables Order 1923, the Special Constables (Scotland) Order 1923 and the Ulster Special Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1950 or any Orders revoked by those Regulations;

• (g) any provision contained in any enactment, Warrant, Order in Council or Order, being a provision relating to the death or disablement of members of the armed forces of the Crown, or of persons employed in connection with any of those forces;

• (h) any Order in Council relating to pensions for men serving on Admiralty Yard craft, or officers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliaries;

• (i) section 2(1) of the Coastguard Act 1925;

• (j) any scheme made under the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939, as amended by the Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Act 1942, or under the Injuries in War (Compensation) Act 1914, or under the Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2);

• (k) any enactment relating to persons in the service of a local lighthouse authority within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979;

• (l) any enactment, ordinance, regulation or other instrument whatsoever forming part of the law of any place outside the United Kingdom and analogous, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, to any of the aforesaid provisions.

• (4) In paragraph (3)(e) of this Article, “professional fireman” means a member of the National Fire Service who, immediately prior to his becoming a member of the National Fire Service, was—

• (a) a professional fireman within the meaning of the Fire Brigade Pensions Act 1925; or

• (b) a constable to whom the Police Pensions Act 1921, applied; or

• (c) a person mentioned in section 1 of the Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939 (as amended or extended by or under any enactment); or

• (d) a person mentioned in section 1 of the Local Government Staffs (War Service) Act 1939, if he had since the beginning of September 1939 been a professional fireman within the meaning of the Fire Brigade Pensions Act 1925; or

• (e) a member of a fire brigade maintained by a fire authority within the meaning of the Fire Brigades Act 1938, or by the London County Council, who previously to joining or rejoining the brigade had been a professional fireman within the meaning of the Fire Brigade Pensions Act 1925, or a member of a police force within the meaning of the Police Pensions Act 1921

Adjustment of awards in respect of other compensation

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• (1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that compensation has been or will be paid to or in respect of a person to or in respect of whom a pension or funeral grant is being or may be paid or that any compensation which has been or will be paid will benefit such a person, the Secretary of State may take the compensation into account against the pension or funeral grant in such manner and to such extent as he may think fit and may withhold or reduce the pension or funeral grant accordingly.

• (2) Where the Secretary of State in any case considers that it is by reason of some act or omission by or on behalf of a person to or in respect of whom a pension or funeral grant is being or may be paid that—

• (a) there is no compensation to be taken into account against that pension or funeral grant under paragraph (1) of this Article; or

• (b) the amount of compensation so to be taken into account against that pension or funeral grant is less than it would otherwise have been;

and the Secretary of State is of the opinion that such act or omission was unreasonable, the Secretary of State may assess the amount of the compensation which, in his opinion, would have fallen to be taken into account as aforesaid but for such act or omission, and may, for the purpose of paragraph (1) of this Article, treat the amount so assessed as if it were compensation which could be taken into account under that paragraph against that pension or funeral grant.

• (3) In this Article “compensation” means —

• (a) any periodical or lump sum payment in respect of the disablement or death of any person, or in respect of any injury, disease or incapacity sustained or suffered by any person, being a payment—

• (i) for which provision is made by or under any enactment, Warrant, Order in Council, Order, Scheme (including this Scheme), ordinance, regulation or other instrument; or

• (ii) which is recoverable as damages at common law; or

• (b) any periodical or lump sum payment which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is recoverable or payable—

• (i) under any enactment, scheme, ordinance, regulation or other instrument whatsoever promulgated or made in any place outside the United Kingdom; or

• (ii) under the law of any such place;

and is analogous to any payment falling within sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph; or

• (c) any periodical or lump sum payment made in settlement or composition of, or to avoid the making of, any claim to any payment falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of this paragraph, whether liability on any such claim is or is not admitted.

Maintenance in hospital or an institution

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• (1) Where any person to or in respect of whom a pension or gratuity may be or has been awarded is receiving or has received free in-patient treatment, or is being or has been maintained in an institution (otherwise than for the purpose of undergoing medical or other treatment) which is supported wholly or partly out of public funds, or in which he is being or has been maintained pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may deduct such amount as he may think fit having regard to all the circumstances of the case from the pension or gratuity payable in respect of the period during which such treatment is received or during which the person is being so maintained, as the case may be, and may apply the amount so deducted, or any part thereof, in such proportions and subject to such conditions as he may determine having regard to all the circumstances of the case, in a payment or payments to the person upon his discharge following a period of free in-patient treatment, or in or towards paying or repaying the cost of maintaining the person incurred by any appropriate authority.

• (2) For the purposes of this Article, a person shall be regarded as receiving or having received free in-patient treatment for any period for which he is or has been maintained free of charge while undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient—

• (a) in a hospital or similar institution maintained or administered under the National Health Service Act 1977, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, or by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, or by or on behalf of the Defence Council; or

• (b) pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State or by any body in the exercise of functions on behalf of the Secretary of State under the National Health Service Act 1977 or the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, or by a Health and Social Services Board established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 in a hospital or similar institution not so maintained or administered;

and, for this purpose, a person shall only be regarded as not being maintained free of charge in a hospital or similar institution for any period if he is paying or has paid, in respect of his maintenance, charges which are designed to cover the whole cost of the accommodation or services (other than services by way of treatment) provided for him in the hospital or similar institution for that period.

Abatement of awards in respect of Social Security Benefits

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Where a pension is awarded to or in respect of a person for any past period for which benefit under the National Insurance Act 1965 or any legislation in Northern Ireland corresponding thereto or under Chapters I to V of Part II of the Social Security Act 1975, or the corresponding provisions of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 has been paid to or in respect of that person, the total amount of pension so awarded may be abated by the amount by which the amount of benefit so paid exceeds what would have been payable for that period had the pension been concurrently payable.

Payment of public claims out of pensions

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• (1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a sum is due to the Crown, the Secretary of State, a Minister or a Government Department from a person to or in respect of whom a pension or funeral grant may be or has been awarded, or that an overpayment has been made to or in respect of any such person by the Crown, the Secretary of State, a Minister or a Government Department, the Secretary of State may deduct from the pension or funeral grant in respect of that sum or overpayment such amounts and at such times as he may think fit and may apply the amounts so deducted in or towards paying or repaying that sum or overpayment.

• (2) Where payment in respect of a pension is in arrears for any period and benefit under the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976[^f00005] or benefit similar to the aforesaid benefit under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act has been paid for that period by reference to the requirements of the person to whom the payment is due, the amount by which the amount of benefit paid exceeds what would have been paid had the said payment not fallen into arrears shall be deemed to have been an overpayment for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this Article, and in the case of benefit paid under legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man as aforesaid shall for the purposes of that paragraph be repayable to the authority administering that benefit.

Administration of pensions, etc

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• (1) A pension or funeral grant awarded to or in respect of any person may be administered by the Secretary of State if that person—

• (a) has not attained the age of 18; or

• (b) is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, incapable of managing his own affairs by reason of mental infirmity; or

• (c) is being maintained in an institution to which Article 64 applies; or

• (d) is a person in whose case the award can be forfeited or has been restored under Article 68;

or if, in any other case, the Secretary of State considers that it is in the interests of that person that it should be so administered.

• (2) A pension or funeral grant which is being administered under this Article may, as to the whole or such part thereof as the Secretary of State thinks fit and at such times as he thinks fit, be applied for the benefit of the person to or in respect of whom it has been awarded or be paid to any person whom the Secretary of State considers a fit and proper person so to apply the same.

• (3) Where a pension administered under this Article has not, when it ceases to be so administered, been wholly paid or applied, payment in respect of the part not paid or applied may be made either in a lump sum or by instalments of such amount and at such intervals as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

Forfeiture of pensions

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• (1) Where a person to or in respect of whom, or in respect of whose death, a pension may be or has been awarded, is or at the date of his death was—

• (a) in pursuance of a sentence or order of a Court upon his being found guilty of an offence, serving a term of imprisonment, detention, preventive detention or corrective training, or detained in a Borstal institution, or Young Offenders' Institution; or

• (b) an enemy alien and, as such, interned, detained or expelled from the United Kingdom; or

• (c) under any enactment detained, or deported from, required to leave, or prohibited from entering the United Kingdom, Great Britain or Northern Ireland, or detained under any Defence Regulation made, or continued in force, under any enactment, or a person whose certificate of naturalisation has been revoked;

the Secretary of State may withhold the award of the pension or, if it has been awarded, may direct that it shall be forfeited as from such date (including any past date) as he may think fit.

• (2) The Secretary of State may, upon such terms and as from such date (including any past date) as he thinks fit, restore, either in whole or in part, a pension forfeited under this Article or under the provisions relating to unworthiness to receive a grant from public funds of any previous Scheme made under the Act.

Refusal of treatment

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• (1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a person who has sustained a qualifying injury should in his own interests receive medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment for that injury, and that person refuses or neglects to receive the treatment, the Secretary of State may, if he considers that such refusal or neglect is unreasonable, withhold or cancel any award of a pension in respect of that injury which may be or has been made or may reduce the amount of any such pension.

• (2) For the purpose of this Article any misconduct on the part of a person which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, renders it necessary for any treatment that he is receiving to be discontinued may be treated as a refusal of the person to receive the treatment.

Provisions with respect to dependent children

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• (1) A pension which may be or has been awarded to or in respect of a dependent child of a person who has sustained a qualifying injury may be withheld, or reduced to such extent as the Secretary of State may think fit—

• (a) where periodical payments out of public funds are being made to or in respect of the child (not being payments in respect of an injury made under any provision specified in Article 62(3)(e) or (f); or

• (b) where the child is being maintained in the Navy, Army or Air Force or in any institution wholly or mainly supported out of public funds.

• (2) A pension which may be or has been awarded to or in respect of a dependent child of a female person may be reduced by an amount equal to the weekly value of any payments for the support of the child which are made by, or which it is reasonably practicable to obtain from, the father of the child.

• (3) Where a dependent child is living apart from a person to whom a pension in respect of the child may be or has been awarded, and the weekly value of the contributions which that person is making to the support of the child is less than the amount of the pension, the amount of the pension may be reduced to an amount equal to that weekly value.

• (4) In this Article “dependent child” includes any person to or in respect of whom a pension may be or has been awarded as being, for the purposes of any provisions of this Scheme, a child of a person who has sustained a qualifying injury.

Marriage of female persons

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• (1) An award of a pension under this Scheme to a female person in respect of the death of a person other than a pension to his parent shall not be made or, if made, shall cease to have effect where, after the death of the deceased person, she marries or lives with a man as his wife:

Provided that an allowance awarded under this Scheme in respect of a child of a deceased person shall not be affected by the cessation under this Article of the award of a pension to any other person.

• (2) If the Secretary of State having regard to the special circumstances of the case so directs, paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to a child of a deceased person who, being in receipt of a pension under Article 35 or 49, marries after 30th September 1961.

• (3) On the marriage—

• (a) after 4th July 1948, of a widow in receipt of a pension under Article 27 or 49, or

• (b) after 30th September 1961, of a widow who would have been in receipt of such a pension immediately before that marriage had that pension not ceased or been withheld in consequence of her living with a man as his wife,

she may be awarded a gratuity equal to one year's pension.

• (4) An award of a pension which has been withheld or has ceased to have effect under paragraph (1) of this Article in consequence of a person living with a man as his wife may be made or restored by the Secretary of State, either in whole or in part, upon such terms and from such date (not being a date before 1st October 1961, or that on which she ceases so to live with a man as his wife, whichever is the later) as he thinks fit.

• (5) The Secretary of State may award or restore, either in whole or in part and in respect of any period after 30th September 1961, any parent's pension which was withheld or ceased, under the provisions of any previous Scheme made under the Act, in consequence of the marriage of the parent or of her living with a man as his wife if the circumstances of the parent are, in the Secretary of State's opinion, such as to justify the making of the award or the restoration.

Power to award lump sums

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Where the Secretary of State is satisfied, in the case of a person in relation to whose disablement the conditions of Article 8(1) or 41 are fulfilled but whose degree of disablement is assessed at less than 20 per cent., that a payment of a lump sum in respect of his disablement would be appropriate having regard to the nature of his disablement, that person may be awarded in respect of his disablement a lump sum of such an amount as the Secretary of State may think fit.

Failure to draw pension

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• (1) Where a person fails to draw his pension for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, the award may be cancelled and payment of any arrears may be withheld.

• (2) The Secretary of State may, in any particular case, make such further award as may be appropriate, and may pay the arrears in whole or in part.

Commencing dates of awards of pension

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Schedule 5 has effect with respect to commencing dates of awards of pension.

Payment of pensions

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• (1) Payment of a pension under this Scheme may be made provisionally or upon any other basis and for such period as the Secretary of State may think fit and, except as the Secretary of State may direct either generally or in any particular case or class of case, a pension may be paid weekly in advance.

• (2) Where payment of an amount which includes a fraction of a new penny falls to be made under this Scheme, that amount shall in the case of pension, allowance or other continuing benefit be rounded up to the next new penny, and in any other case shall be rounded to the nearest new penny.

Review of decisions, assessments and awards

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• (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3), (4) and (7), any decision accepting or rejecting a claim for pension or any assessment of the degree or nature of the disablement of any person or any final decision that the disablement is not or is no longer serious or prolonged may be reviewed by the Secretary of State at any time on any ground.

• (2) Subject as aforesaid, any award under this Scheme may be reviewed by the Secretary of State at any time if the Secretary of State is satisfied that—

• (a) the award was made in consequence of ignorance of, or a mistake as to, a material fact, or of a mistake as to the law;

• (b) there has been any relevant change of circumstances since the award was made;

• (c) the award was based on a decision or assessment to which paragraph (1) applies, and that decision or assessment has been revised.

• (3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (7), following a review under paragraph (1) of any decision accepting a claim for pension or any assessment of the degree or nature of the disablement of any person, that decision or assessment may be revised by the Secretary of State to the detriment of a person only where the Secretary of State is satisfied that—

• (a) the decision or assessment was given or made in consequence of ignorance of, or a mistake as to, a material fact, or of a mistake as to the law; or

• (b) in the case of an interim assessment there has been a change in the degree of disablement which is due to the qualifying injury since the assessment was made.

• (4) An award under this Scheme may be revised by the Secretary of State to the detriment of a person only where the Secretary of State is satisfied that—

• (a) the award was made in consequence of ignorance of, or a mistake as to, a material fact, or of a mistake as to the law; or

• (b) there has been any relevant change of circumstances since the award was made; or

• (c) the decision or assessment upon which the award was based has been revised under paragraph (3).

• (5) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4), on a review under this Article the Secretary of State may maintain, continue, vary or cancel the decision, assessment or award and any revised decision, assessment or award shall be such as may be appropriate having regard to the provisions of this Scheme.

• (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) where a decision accepting a claim for pension is revised, the Secretary of State may, if in any case he sees fit, continue any award based on that decision at a rate not exceeding that which may be from time to time appropriate to the assessment of the degree of disablement existing immediately before the date of the revision.

• (7) Nothing in this Article shall be taken to authorise the review of any assessment or decision made, given or upheld under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Acts 1943 and 1949.[^f00006]

Posthumous Awards

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• (1) In this article—

• (a) “claimant” means a person who has made a claim for an award of pension under this Scheme;

• (b) “designated person” means the person who after due enquiry appears to the Secretary of State to be—

• (i) the claimant's widow or, as the case may be, widower; or if it appears to the Secretary of State that there is no such person,

• (ii) the claimant's unmarried dependant who lived as a wife; or, if it so appears that there are no such persons as aforesaid,

• (iii) the claimant's children; or, if it so appears that there are no such persons as aforesaid,

• (iv) the claimant's parents; or, if it so appears that there are no such persons as aforesaid,

• (v) the claimant's other dependants; or, if it so appears that there are no such persons as aforesaid,

• (vi) the claimant's personal representatives.

• (2) Where there is no grant of probate or letters of administration or other proof of title in respect of a deceased claimant's estate, the expression “personal representatives” in the last foregoing head means the person or persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be beneficially entitled to the estate of the deceased claimant.

• (3) Subject to the following provisions of this article, where after making a claim for an award of pension under this Scheme the claimant dies before an award has been made in the first instance or, as the case may be, consequent upon an appeal under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943, the Secretary of State may, notwithstanding the claimant's death, make an award in accordance with the provisions of this Scheme.

• (4) Any such award shall be made to the designated person whose receipt shall be a good discharge to the Secretary of State for any award so made in respect of that claim.

• (5) No award shall be made in respect of any period after the claimant's death.

Power to dispense with probate

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• (1) Where a person to whom any payment could have been made under this Scheme before his death dies before the payment is made, and the amount unpaid does not exceed £1,500, the amount so unpaid may be paid to the personal representative of the deceased person without probate or other proof of title, or may be paid or distributed to or among the persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be the persons beneficially entitled to the personal estate of the deceased person or to or among any one or more of those persons, and, in determining the persons to whom and the proportions in which the amount so unpaid shall be paid or distributed, the Secretary of State may have regard to any payments made or expenses incurred by any such person for or on account of the funeral of the deceased person.

• (2) Where a deceased person has died intestate and he was, or any child of his was or is, illegitimate, the deceased person and any such child shall, for the purposes of this Article, be treated as legitimate.

Declarations and certificates

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• (1) Any person to whom a pension or funeral grant under this Scheme has been awarded, and any person to whom payment of that pension or funeral grant is to be made, shall, if and when required by the Secretary of State so to do, subscribe such declaration as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.

• (2) Where a declaration is subscribed under paragraph (1) of this Article by a person who is not the person to whom the pension or funeral grant has been awarded, there shall be furnished, if and when required by the Secretary of State, such certificate as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct.

• (3) If such a declaration or certificate as may have been required by the Secretary of State under this Article to be subscribed or furnished is not subscribed or furnished, payment of the pension or funeral grant shall be withheld until the requirements of the Secretary of State under this Article have been satisfied.

Administration of this Scheme

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• (1) This Scheme shall be administered by the Secretary of State or, as to any particular part of provision thereof which he may select, by such other person or body as he may direct.

• (2) The Secretary of State may make Regulations for giving effect to the purposes of this Scheme.

Revocation of previous Schemes and transitional provisions

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The Schemes (hereinafter called “the previous Schemes”) specified in Schedule 6 hereto are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — CIVIL DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS

1

Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority for the purpose of carrying out any specified service in connection with any of the civil defence functions of that Department or authority.

2

Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority for the purpose of—

• (a) giving assistance in connection with the transport of members of the civil population who were transferred in pursuance of an evacuation plan; or

• (b) assisting to secure accommodation for members of the civil population who were, or were proposed to be, transferred in pursuance of an evacuation plan or who were rendered homeless as a result of enemy action or who left their homes in consequence or apprehension of enemy action;

3

Any organisation—

• (a) established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority (including a police authority) or by the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District for the purpose of assisting in the carrying on of canteens for the benefit of members of any organisation described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule or named in sub-paragraphs (1) to (8) inclusive of paragraph 17 of this Schedule; and

• (b) consisting only of unpaid members.

4

Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority for the purpose of assisting during an emergency resulting from enemy action or the apprehension of enemy action to provide food, clothing, shelter, information or other necessities for which there was a need as the result of that emergency, being an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.

5

Any organisation established and maintained by a local authority for the purpose of collecting, decontaminating, identifying or disposing of the bodies of persons killed as a result of enemy action.

6

Any organisation—

• (a) established and maintained by a Government Department, public utility undertakers, an employer, a group of employers, or by a person who had an interest in, or the control or management of, any general premises; and

• (b) established for the purpose of carrying out any specified service in connection with a protective scheme, and maintained for that purpose, or for the purpose of assisting any organisation described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule, the National Fire Service or any other organisation described in this paragraph, to carry out the purpose of that organisation; and

• (c) comprising amongst its members persons (the number of whom was ordinarily not less than 6) who were being effectively trained and equipped to perform between them the duties of giving first aid treatment, dealing with the effects of gas and fighting fires.

7

Any organisation established and maintained for the purpose of providing a fire guard service—

• (a) in accordance with arrangements in force under the Fire Guard (Business and Government Premises) Order 1943, or under any order revoked by that Order; or

• (b) for any premises to which that Order did not apply, other than residential premises;

8

Any organisation established and maintained—

• (a) by any body or person having the management of any hospital for the purpose of carrying out duties in connection with the work of that hospital; or

• (b) by a Government Department, a local authority or any such body or person as aforesaid for the purpose of giving assistance in connection with the transference of patients in pursuance of arrangements made by the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State under section 50(1)(a) of the Civil Defence Act 1939;

9

Any organisation established and maintained by public utility undertakers (being undertakers carrying on a water undertaking) for the purpose of assisting to provide the public, during an emergency resulting from enemy action or the apprehension of enemy action, with emergency supplies of drinking water, being an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.

10

Any organisation—

• (a) established by public utility undertakers for the purpose of carrying out, in the event of damage being caused by enemy action to any part of their undertaking, such temporary or emergency measures as might be necessary to protect persons or property from danger resulting from that damage; and

• (b) maintained by those undertakers for that purpose or for the purpose of assisting any other organisation described in this paragraph to carry out the purpose of that other organisation.

11

Any organisation established and maintained by or with the approval of the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing a blood transfusion service for the benefit of casualties from enemy action, being an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.

12

Any organisation established and maintained by or with the approval of the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State for the purpose of securing that persons should become qualified for membership of the Civil Nursing Reserve and consisting only of members who were being trained to become so qualified.

13

Any organisation established and maintained by or with the approval of a Government Department for the purpose of detecting and rendering harmless, or of assisting to detect and render harmless, unexploded bombs or other noxious things used by or against the enemy.

14

Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department for the purposes of providing escorts for, or assisting in the transference of, civilians who were transferred by sea in consequence or apprehension of enemy action.

15

Any organisation of car drivers or messengers established and maintained by a Government Department in connection with any civil defence purpose and consisting only of unpaid members.

16

Any organisation established and maintained by the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee for the purpose of protecting the public from animals becoming panic-stricken or contaminated with gas as a result of enemy action.

17

The organisations known as—

18

• (1) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

• (a) “civil defence functions”, in relation to a local authority, means any functions in connection with civil defence which were conferred or imposed on that authority in their capacity as such by the Civil Defence Acts 1937 and 1939, or by any regulation made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts 1939 and 1940[^f00007] or which were or could have been conferred or imposed on that authority in that capacity under the Civil Defence Act 1937 and 1939, or under any such regulation;

• (b) “commercial building”, “factory premises” and “mine” have the same meanings respectively as they have in section 23 of the Civil Defence Act 1939;

• (c) “employer” means any person who employed more than 30 persons in any commercial building or factory premises or in or about any mine, and “group of employers” means any person who between them employed more than 30 persons in the same commercial building or in adjacent premises which either were factory premises or would have been factory premises if more than 30 persons worked therein;

• (d) “evacuation plan” means a plan prepared by or on behalf of a Government Department for the transference in the event of enemy action or the apprehension of enemy action of members of the civil population from one area to another;

• (e) “general premises” means any premises but does not include premises which were wholly or mainly used or, so far as unoccupied, intended to be used, for the purposes of private residence unless they were so designed as to accommodate at least 50 residents;

• (f) “hospital” means any hospital comprised in any arrangements made by the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State under section 50(1)(a) of the Civil Defence Act 1939;

• (g) “maintained” means maintained at any time during the period of the emergency;

• (h) “protective scheme”, in relation to any organisation, means a scheme for protecting from enemy action or from the consequences of enemy action the following premises or persons, that is to say—

• (i) in the case of an organisation established by a Government Department, the premises occupied by or for the purposes of that Department, or any persons in or about those premises;

• (ii) in the case of an organisation established by public utility undertakers, the premises of those undertakers or any persons in or about those premises;

• (iii) in the case of an organisation established by an employer or by a group of employers, the building, premises or mine in or about which more than 30 persons were employed by that employer or group of employers, or any persons in or about that building, those premises or that mine;

• (iv) in the case of an organisation established by any person having an interest in, or the control or management of, any general premises, those premises or any persons in or about those premises;

• (i) “public utility undertakers” has the meaning assigned to it by section 90(1) of the Civil Defence Act 1939;

• (j) “residential premises” means any premises occupied wholly or mainly for residential purposes including premises occupied as a hotel, boarding house or lodging house: Provided that the expression shall not be deemed to include—

• (i) any premises occupied partly as a shop or farm; or

• (ii) any premises occupied as a hotel, boarding house or lodging house in which more than 5 persons, including the occupier and members of his family, were employed or occupied in the business of the hotel, boarding house or lodging house;

• (k) “specified service”, in relation to any such organisation as is described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule, means any of the following services—

• (i) control and report service;

• (ii) air-raid warden (including shelter warden) service;

• (iii) fire guard service;

• (iv) first aid, casualty or ambulance service;

• (v) rescue service;

• (vi) gas identification service;

• (vii) decontamination service;

• (viii) messenger service;

• (ix) instructor service;

• (x) medical and nursing service for public air-raid shelters;

and, in relation to any such organisation as is described in paragraph 6 of this Schedule, means any of the services mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) to (viii) inclusive of this sub-paragraph and, in addition—

• (xi) fire service;

• (xii) raid spotter service; and

• (xiii) key-men service, that is to say, the service performed by persons who, in the event of enemy action, were charged with the duty of turning off gas, electricity or water or attending to boilers or other vital plant or machinery.

• (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, members of an organisation shall be treated as unpaid notwithstanding that, in consideration of the performance of their duties as members of that organisation, they were provided with their board and lodging or received a subsistence allowance or had their expenses or insurance contributions paid or any loss of wages or other emoluments made good to them.

• (3) For the purposes of paragraph 6 of this Schedule, a local education authority shall be deemed to have had an interest in the premises of a public elementary school maintained by them, whether provided by them or not.

• (4) The reference in paragraph 7 of this Schedule to a fire guard service shall, in relation to such arrangements as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph, be construed as including a reference to any service included in those arrangements under Part III of the Fireguard (Business and Government Premises) Order 1943.

19

In the application of this Schedule to Northern Ireland—

• (a) any reference to a Government Department shall be construed as including a reference to a Department of the Government of Northern Ireland;

• (b) any reference to the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Ministry of Public Security or the Ministry of Home Affairs;

• (c) any reference to the Civil Defence Acts 1937 and 1939 shall be construed as a reference to the Civil Defence Acts (Northern Ireland) 1938 and 1939;

• (d) references to sections 23, 50(1)(a) and 90(1) of the Civil Defence Act 1939 shall be construed respectively as references to sections 21, 43(1)(a) and 74(1) of the Civil Defence Act (Northern Ireland) 1939;

• (e) the reference in paragraph 16 to any organisation established and maintained by the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee shall be construed as a reference to any organisation established and maintained in Northern Ireland with the approval of the Ministry of Public Security or the Ministry of Home Affairs for the purpose set out in paragraph 16;

• (f) references to the Emergency Medical Service, the Civil Nursing Reserve and the National Fire Service shall be construed respectively as references to the Emergency Medical Service for Northern Ireland, the Civil Nursing Reserve for Northern Ireland and the National Fire Service (Northern Ireland);

• (g) in paragraph 18(1)(c) and (h) for the figures “30” in every place where they appear there shall be substituted the figures “20”;

• (h) in paragraph 18(3) for the words “a local education authority” there shall be substituted the words “an education authority”.

SCHEDULE 2 — ASSESSMENT OF DISABLEMENT CAUSED BY SPECIFIED INJURIES AND OF CERTAIN OTHER DISABLEMENTS

Description of Injury	Assessment
Amputation Cases—Upper Limbs	per cent.
Loss of both hands or amputation at higher sites	100
Forequarter amputation	100
Amputation through shoulder joint	90
Amputation below shoulder with stump less than 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion	80
Amputation from 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion to less than 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon	70
Amputation from 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon	60
Loss of thumb	30
Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone	40
Loss of 4 fingers	50
Loss of 3 fingers	30
Loss of 2 fingers	20
Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb	20
Description of Injury	Assessment
---	---
Amputation Cases—Lower Limbs	per cent.
Double amputation through thigh, or through thigh on one side and loss of other foot, or double amputation below thigh to 13 centimetres below knee	100
Double amputation through leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee	100
Amputation of one leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee and loss of other foot	100
Amputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps	90
Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint	80
Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint	40
Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint	30
Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint	20
Hindquarter amputation	100
Amputation through hip joint	90
Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter	80
Amputation below hip and above knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter, or at knee not resulting in end-bearing stump	70
Amputation at knee resulting in end-bearing stump, or below knee with stump not exceeding 9 centimetres	60
Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 9 centimetres but not exceeding 13 centimetres	50
Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres	40
Amputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing stump	30
Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint	30
Loss of all toes of one foot proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint, including amputations through the metatarso-phalangeal joint	20
Other Specific Injuries	per cent.
Loss of a hand and a foot	100
Loss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal	40
Loss of vision of one eye, without complications or disfigurement of the eyeball, the other being normal	30
Loss of sight	100
Other Disablements	per cent.
Very severe facial disfigurement	100
Absolute deafness	100

NOTE.—Where the scheduled assessment for a specified injury involving multiple losses differs from the sum of the assessments for the seperate injuries, the former is the appropriate assessment.

SCHEDULE 3 — RATES OF PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DISABLEMENT

Description of Pension or Allowance	Rate
1. Pension for 100 per cent. disablement under Article 11	£53.60 per week
2. Education allowance under Article 13	£120.00 per annum[^f00008]
3. Constant attendance allowance—
(a) under the proviso to Article 14	£43.00 per week[^f00009]
(b) in any other case under that Article	£21.50 per week[^f00010]
4. Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under Article 15	£21.50 per week
5. Severe disablement occupational allowance under Article 16	£10.75 per week
6. Allowance for wear and tear of clothing—
(a) under Article 17(1)(a)	£46.00 per annum
(b) under Article 17(1)(b) and 17(2)	£72.00 per annum
7. Unemployability allowances—
(a) personal allowance under Article 18(1)(i)	£34.85 per week
(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of—
(i) increase of allowance in respect of a wife or a dependant husband under Article 18(5)(b)	£19.70 per week[^f00011]
(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under Article 18(5)(c)	£19.70 per week[^f00012]
(iii) increase of allowance in respect of each child under Article 18(5)(d)	£7.95 per week
8. Invalidity allowance payable under Article 19—
(a) if—
(i) the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; or (ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 35; or (iii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the disabled person being a man, or 60, in the case of that person being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979	£6.90 per week
(b) if— (i) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 45; or (ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 50 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the disabled person being a man, or 60, in the case of that person being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979	£4.40 per week
(c) if heads (a) and (b) do not apply and on the relevant date the disabled person was a man under the age of 60 or a woman under the age of 55	£2.20 per week
9. Comforts allowance—
(a) under Article 20(1)(a)	£9.30 per week
(b) under Article 20(1)(b) or 45(1)	£4.65 per week
10. Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under Article 21	£21.44 per week[^f00013]
11. Age allowance under Article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is—
(a) 40 or 50 per cent	£3.70 per week
(b) 60 or 70 per cent	£5.85 per week
(c) 80 or 90 per cent	£8.35 per week
(d) 100 per cent	£11.70 per week
12. Treatment allowances—increase of personal allowance under Article 23(2)	£11.70 per week[^f00014]
13. Part-time treatment allowance under Article 25	£19.00 per day[^f00015]

SCHEDULE 4 — RATES OF PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DEATH

Description of Pension or Allowance	Rate
1. Pension to widow—
(a) under Article 27(1)	£42.70 per week
(b) under Article 27(2)	£9.86 per week
2. Rent allowance under Article 28	£16.25 per week[^f00016]
3. Allowance under Article 29 or 50 to an elderly widow—
(a) if age 65 but under age 70	£4.15 per week
(b) if age 70 or over	£8.30 per week
4. Pension under Article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as wife	£1.00 per week[^f00017]
5. Pension to dependant widower Article 32	£42.70 per week[^f00018]
6. Allowances under Article 33 in respect of each child under the age of 15	£11.25 per week
7. Pensions under Article 34(1) to motherless or fatherless children under the age of 15	£12.15 per week
8. Pension or allowance under Article 35(3) to or in respect of a child over the age of 15—
(a) where the child has attained the age of 18 and is incapable of self-support by reason of an infirmity which arose before he attained the age of 15	£32.85 per week[^f00019]
(b) any other case	£12.15 per week[^f00020]
9. Education allowance under Article 36	£120.00 per annum[^f00021]
10. Pensions to parents—
(a) minimum rate under Article 38(4)	£0.25 per week
(b) maximum rate under Article 38(4)—
(i) where there is only one eligible parent	£1.00 per week
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent	£1.38 per week
(c) increase under the proviso to Article 38(4)—
(i) where there is only one eligible parent	£0.38 per week[^f00022]
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent	£0.62 per week[^f00023]
11. Pensions to other dependants—
(a) for each juvenile dependant under Article 39(4)	£0.30 per week[^f00024]
(b) aggregate rate under Article 39(4)	£1.00 per week[^f00025]
(c) under Article 39(5)	£1.00 per week[^f00026]
12. Funeral Grant under Article 40(1)	£30.00[^f00027]

SCHEDULE 5 — COMMENCING DATES OF AWARDS OF PENSION

1

Except in so far as the Secretary of State may otherwise direct with respect to any particular case or class of case, payment of a pension in respect of disablement or, as the case may be, death, including payment of an increase in the rate of a pension on account of an increased assessment of the degree of disablement, shall not be made in respect of any period preceding:

• (a) in the case of an application for the award of a pension as a result of which a pension is awarded—

Item	Circumstances applicable	Time limit for application for pension	Day before which payment of pension not to be made
(i)	where application by disabled person	time limit in Article 54(2)	the day following date disabled person ceases whole-time service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
(ii)	where application in respect of a person's death	time limit in Article 54(3)	the day following date of death.
(iii)	where circumstances in either (i) or (ii) above apply	application not made within time limit in (i) or (ii) above as the case may be	the date of the application for pension.

• (b) subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule, in the case of:

an appeal under section 3, 4 or 6(2) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943[^f00028] (appeal to and from Pensions Appeal Tribunal), or

a review under Article 76 or under section 6(2C) of the 1943 Act (review following order under section 6(2A) of the 1943 Act for a rehearing of an appeal by a Pensions Appeal Tribunal)

as a result of which appeal or review a pension is awarded or, as the case may be, restored—

Item	Circumstances applicable	Time limit for application for pension	In all appeal cases and section 6(2C) reviews the appeal to Pensions Appeal Tribunal commenced, orin other review cases application for review, or where no such application, date Secretary of State first decided there should be a review	Day before which payment of pension not to be made
(i)	where application by disabled person	time limit in Article 54(2)	within 3 months of date of notification of rejection of application or of notification of withholding or reduction under Article 6	the day following date disabled person ceases whole-time service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
(ii)	where application in respect of a person's death	time limit in Article 54(3)	within 3 months of date of notification of rejection of claim or of notification of withholding or reduction under Article 6	the day following date of death.
(iii)	where circumstances in either (i) or (ii) above apply	application not made within time limit in (i) or (ii) above as the case may be	appeal or review not made within periods in (i) or (ii) above as the case may be	in all appeal cases and section 6(2C) reviews the date appeal under section 3 or 4 1943 Act commenced; in other review cases the date of application for review, or where no such application, the date the Secretary of State first decided there should be a review.

• (c) in the case of an appeal under section 5 of the 1943 Act as a result of which the claim to the continuance or resumption of the payment of the pension is accepted or the rate of pension is increased—

Item	Circumstances applicable	Day before which payment of a pension not to be made
(i)	where such appeal is commenced within time prescribed by the said Act	the date of commencement of assessment of degree of disablement.
(ii)	where circumstances in (i) above do not apply	the date of commencement of such an appeal.

• (d) in the case of a review under article 76 of an assessment as a result of which the rate of pension is increased—

Item	Circumstances applicable	Day before which payment of a pension not to be made
(i)	where date review is applied for or, if there is no application for review, date Secretary of State first decided that there should be a review is within 3 months of notification of interim assessment, or 12 months in the case of final assessment	the date of commencement of assessment of degree of disablement.
(ii)	where circumstances in (i) above do not apply	the date of application for review, or if no such application, the date the Secretary of State first decided that there should be a review.

2

Except in so far as the Secretary of State may otherwise direct with respect to any particular case or class of case, in a case referred to in paragraph 1(b) of this Schedule where following—

• (a) an appeal under section 6(2) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (appeal from Pensions Appeal Tribunal), or

• (b) an order under section 6(2A) of that Act (joint application), or

• (c) an order for a rehearing of an appeal made on directions given under rules made under paragraph 5 of the Schedule to that Act,

3

Except in so far as the Secretary of State may otherwise direct with respect to any particular case or class of case—

• (a) in the case of an appeal under section 6(2) of the 1943 Act (appeal from Pensions Appeal Tribunal) as a result of which appeal a pension is awarded or restored, the payment of a pension shall not be made in respect of any period preceding the date 6 years prior to the date of the successful application for leave to appeal under section 6(2), and

• (b) in the case of a review under section 6(2C) of the 1943 Act as a result of which a pension is awarded or restored, the payment of a pension shall not be made in respect of any period preceding the date 6 years prior to the date of the application under section 6(2A) of the 1943 Act which resulted in the order for a rehearing of an appeal by a Pensions Appeal Tribunal.

4

In this Schedule the expression “pension” shall have the same meaning as in Article 53.

SCHEDULE 6 — REVOCATIONS

Schemes revoked	References
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1976	SI 1976/585
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 1976	SI 1976/1167
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1977	SI 1977/404
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 1977	SI 1977/1640
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 1978	SI 1978/384
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1978	SI 1978/1426
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1979	SI 1979/270
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1979	SI 1979/1232
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1980	SI 1980/1102
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1980	SI 1980/1103
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 3) Scheme 1980	SI 1980/1950
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1981	SI 1981/1143
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1981	SI 1981/1678
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1982	SI 1982/810
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1982	SI 1982/1047

Signed

Norman Fowler — Secretary of State for Social Services — 29th April 1983

We approve.

Alistair Goodlad — P. L. Brooke — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 5th May 1983

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Scheme, which makes provision for payment of pensions and allowances to or in respect of civilians who were injured or killed in the 1939–45 War, consolidates the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1976 and subsequent amending Schemes which are set out in Schedule 6 and are revoked by Article 81.

No amendments other than of a drafting nature have been made.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953 (S.I. 1953/1198), Article 2, Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c.20), section 2, and Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), Article 2.

[^f00002]: This Act was amended and modified by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1949 (c. 12); sections 5 and 6 were amended by section 23 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44). Sections 5 and 6 were also amended by section 16 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), and section 6 was also amended by section 43 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24).

[^f00003]: (as modified by the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/393)).

[^f00004]: This Act was amended and modified by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1949 (c. 12); sections 5 and 6 were amended by section 23 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44). Sections 5 and 6 were also amended by section 16 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), and section 6 was also amended by section 43 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24).

[^f00005]: , as amended by the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).

[^f00006]: This Act was amended and modified by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1949 (c.12); sections 5 and 6 were amended by section 23 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970(c.44). Sections 5 and 6 were also amended by section 43 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c.24).

[^f00007]: , c.45.

[^f00028]: This Act was amended and modified by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1949 (c. 12); sections 5 and 6 were amended by section 23 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44), Sections 5 and 6 were also amended by section 16 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), and section 6 was also amended by section 43 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24).