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Social Security Act 1975

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5An assessment shall state the degree of disablement in the form of a percentage and shall also specify the period taken into account thereby and, where that period is limited by reference to a definite date, whether the assessment is provisional or final;

Provided that—

(a)the percentage and period shall not be specified more particularly than is necessary for the purpose of determining in accordance with section 57 of this Act the claimant's rights as to disablement benefit; and

(b)a percentage between 20 and 100 which is not a multiple of 10 shall be treated—

(i)if it is a multiple of 5, as being the next higher percentage which is a multiple of 10 ;

(ii)if it is not a multiple of 5, as being the nearest percentage which is a multiple of 10.

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