The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2017

Made: 8th February 2017

Laid before Parliament: 15th February 2017

Coming into force: 10th April 2017

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].

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 10th April 2017.

Amendment of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983

2

The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983[^f00002] (“the Scheme”) is amended as follows.

Amendment of Schedule 3 (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and earnings or income thresholds)

3

For the table in Schedule 3 to the Scheme substitute the table in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Amendment of Schedule 4 (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of death)

4

For the table in Schedule 4 to the Scheme substitute the table in Schedule 2 to this Order.

SCHEDULE 1 — TABLE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE TABLE IN SCHEDULE 3 TO THE SCHEME

SCHEDULE 2 — TABLE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE TABLE IN SCHEDULE 4 TO THE SCHEME

Signed

Mark Lancaster — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Defence — 1st February 2017

Andrew Griffiths — David Evennett — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 8th February 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (“the 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.

The tables in Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order replace the tables in Schedules 3 and 4 to the Scheme, in order to adjust the rates prescribed for pensions and allowances in respect of disablement or death.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1939 c. 82. Sections 1 and 2 of the 1939 Act confer power to make a scheme, and orders amending a scheme, on “the Minister” but the functions of the Minister referred to in those sections were transferred to the Secretary of State for Social Security by article 3 of the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843) and the functions of the Secretary of State for Social Security were transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2 of the Transfer of Functions (War Pensions etc.) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3506).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1983/686; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1983/1164, 1983/1540, 1984/1289, 1984/1675, 1985/1313,1986/628, 1987/191, 1988/367, 1989/415, 1990/1300, 1991/708, 1992/702, 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, 2009/438, 2010/283, 2011/811, 2012/670, 2013/707, 2014/444 and 2015/555.

[^f00003]: 1992 c. 4.

[^f00004]: The reference to article 23(2) is a reference to the Scheme in force prior to 9th April 2001.

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