The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1999

Made: 4th February 1999

Laid before Parliament: 11th February 1999

Coming into force: 12th April 1999

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the approval of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Indjuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939¹ and now vested in him² and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1999 and shall come into force on 12th April 1999.

• (2) In this Scheme, the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983³.

Amendment of article 18 of the principal Scheme

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In article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£2,496” there shall be substituted the amount “£3,016”.

Substitution of article 25B of the principal Order

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For article 25B (medical expenses) there shall be substituted the following article–

(25B) Any necessary expenses in respect of the medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment of a disabled person and of appropriate aids and adaptations for disabled living may, in so far as the expenses wholly or mainly arise as a result of a qualifying injury and in so far as the treatment, aids or adaptations are not provided for, otherwise than on payment of a charge by the disabled person, under legislation of the United Kingdom (other than any enactment under which this Scheme is made), be defrayed by the Secretary of State under such conditions and up to such amounts as he may determine.

Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme

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For Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and death) there shall respectively be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Scheme and numbered 3 and 4.

SCHEDULE — SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED IN THE PRINCIPAL SCHEME

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

P. Hollis — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Social Security — 1st February 1999

We approve,

Clive J. C. Betts — Bob Ainsworth — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 4th February 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

This Scheme further amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/686) (“the principal Scheme”) which makes provision for the payment of pensions and allowances to or in respect of civilians who were killed or injured during the 1983–45 world War by increasing the amounts of allowances, pensions and awards payable under that Scheme and also increasing the amounts of income to be disregarded for the purposes of certain parts of the Scheme.

Article 3 makes an amendment to article 25B of the principal Scheme to clarify that the Secretary of State’s discretion to defray medical expenses extends to cases where treatment, adaptations or aids are provided for under other legislation on payment of a charge by the disabled person.

This Scheme does not impose any costs on business.

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