The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2013

Made: 21st March 2013

Laid before Parliament: 27th March 2013

Coming into force: 8th April 2013

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 2013 and shall come into force on 8th April 2013.

• (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

Mark Francois — Minister of State — Ministry of Defence — 19th March 2013

We approve

Desmond Swayne — Robert Goodwill — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 21st March 2013

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, 2011/811 and 2012/670.

[^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.