SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Industrial injuries benefits

Part IIDisablement gratuity

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1

An employed earner shall be entitled to a disablement gratuity, if—

a

he made a claim for disablement benefit before 1st October 1986;

b

he suffered as the result of the relevant accident from loss of physical or mental faculty such that the extent of the resulting disablement assessed in accordance with Schedule 6 to this Act amounts to not less than 1 per cent.; and

c

the extent of the disablement is assessed for the period taken into account as amounting to less than 20 per cent.

2

A disablement gratuity shall be—

a

of an amount fixed, in accordance with the length of the period and the degree of the disablement, by a prescribed scale, but not in any case exceeding the amount specified in Schedule 4, Part V, paragraph 9; and

b

payable, if and in such cases as regulations so provide, by instalments.

3

A person shall not be entitled to disablement gratuity until after the expiry of the period of 90 days (disregarding Sundays) beginning with the day of the relevant accident.