The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2012

Made: 29th February 2012

Laid before Parliament: 7th March 2012

Coming into force: 9th April 2012

The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939[^f00001] and now vested in the Secretary of State[^f00002]:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 9th April 2012.

• (2) In this Order “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983[^f00003].

Amendments to the principal Scheme

2

• (1) For Schedule 3 to the principal Scheme substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

• (2) For Schedule 4 to the principal Scheme substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

SCHEDULE 1 — SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 3 TO THE PRINCIPAL SCHEME

SCHEDULE 2 — SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 4 TO THE PRINCIPAL SCHEME

Signed

Andrew Robathan — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Defence — 15th February 2012

We approve

James Duddridge — Michael Fabricant — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 29th February 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order further amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (“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 1939-1945 World War.

Article 2 (1) substitutes a new Schedule 3 to the principal Scheme. The new Schedule 3 (which specifies the rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and of earnings or income thresholds) is contained in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Article 2 (2) substitutes a new Schedule 4 to the principal Scheme. The new Schedule 4 (which specifies the rates of pensions and allowances in respect of death) is contained in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1939 c. 82.

[^f00002]: The functions of the Minister referred to in section 1(1) and (2) of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 were transferred to the Secretary of State for Social Security by the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988, S.I. 1988/1843, article 3. The functions of the Secretary of State for Social Security were transferred to the Secretary of State for Defence by the Transfer of Functions (War Pensions etc.) Order 2001, S.I. 2001/3506, article 2.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1983/686; amending instruments are S.I. 1983/1164, 1983/1540, 1984/1289, 1984/1675, 1985/1313, 1986/628, 1987/191, 1988/367, 1988/2260, 1989/415, 1990/1300, 1991/708, 1992/702, 1992/3226, 1993/480, 1994/715, 1994/2021, 1995/445, 1996/502, 1997/812, 1998/278, 1999/262, 2000/301, 2001/420, 2002/672, 2003/637, 2004/717, 2005/655, 2005/1639, 2005/3031, 2006/765, 2007/646, 2008/592, 2008/2683, 2009/438, 2010/283, 2010/1172, 2011/1740 and 2011/811.

[^f00004]: 1992 c. 4.

[^f00005]: The reference to article 35(3) is a reference to the principle Scheme in force prior to 9th April 2001.