The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964 No. 2058

SCHEDULE 2 QUALIFYING INJURIES AND DETENTION COVERED BY THE SCHEME

PART I QUALIFYING INJURIES SUSTAINED, OR DETENTION SUFFERED, BY REASON OF SERVICE AS A MARINER IN A BRITISH SHIP

The cases in which a person who has sustained a qualifying injury, or suffered detention, is to be treated as having sustained the injury, or suffered the detention, by reason of his service as a mariner in a British ship are where the injury, or the capture on which his detention was consequent, as the case may be, occured—

(a)

while he was in the service of a British ship as a mariner;

(b)

in the case of a person normally employed as a mariner, while he was in the service of a seagoing British ship in the British Islands in which he was employed as master or a member of the crew thereof, notwithstanding that he was not employed in seagoing service in the ship;

(c)

while he was at a place outside the British Islands on leave from a British ship in which he was employed as a mariner and which was at a port outside the British Islands;

(d)

while he was at a place outside the British Islands in accordance with arrangements made or approved by or on behalf of the Minister of Transport for having persons available for employment as mariners;

(e)

while he was at any place, except on land in the British Islands, in the course of proceeding to employment in a British ship as a mariner, or to a place to which he was going in accordance with such arrangements as aforesaid;

(f)

without prejudice to the last preceding paragraph, while he was at any place, except as aforesaid, in the course of returning to any part of the British Islands, to the country to which he belonged, or to any other country approved by or on behalf of the Minister of Transport, from employment in a British ship as a mariner, or from a place at which he had been in accordance with such arrangements as aforesaid, and before he first arrived on land in that part of the British Islands or, as the case may be, in that country; or

(g)

while he was waiting at any place outside the British Islands to proceed or return as aforesaid, whether the delay was due to sickness or to any other cause outside his control.

PART II QUALIFYING INJURIES SUSTAINED, OR DETENTION SUFFERED, BY REASON OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE PILOTAGE OR LIGHT VESSEL SERVICE

1.  The cases in which a pilot or apprentice pilot who has sustained a qualifying injury, or suffered detention, is to be treated as having sustained the injury, or suffered the detention, by reason of his service are where the injury, or the capture on which his detention was consequent, as the case may be, occurred—

(a) at any time during a period while he was on a seagoing ship, if during some part of that period he was acting or was due to act as pilot or apprentice pilot;

(b) while he was on board a pilot boat;

(c) while he was at any place, except on land in the British Islands, while proceeding to or returning from a seagoing ship in which he was due to act, or had acted, as pilot or apprentice pilot or to or from a pilot boat.

2.  The cases in which the master or a member of the crew of a pilot boat, lightship, lighthouse tender or lightship tender who has sustained a qualifying injury, or suffered detention, is to be treated as having sustained the injury, or suffered the detention, by reason of his service are where the injury, or the capture on which his detention was consequent, as the case may be, occurred—

(a) while he was in the service of the boat, lightship or tender;

(b) while he was at any place, except on land in the British Islands, in the course of—

(i) proceeding to the boat, lightship or tender for the purpose of being in the service thereof; or

(ii) returning from the boat, lightship or tender after being in the service thereof.

PART III QUALIFYING INJURIES SUSTAINED, OR DETENTION SUFFERED, BY REASON OF SERVICE AS A SALVAGE WORKER

The cases in which a salvage worker who has sustained a qualifying injury, or suffered detention, is to be treated as having sustained the injury, or suffered the detention, by reason of his service are where the injury, or the capture on which his detention was consequent, occurred—

(a)

while he was engaged in salvage operations taking place either at sea or in any tidal water or harbour outside the British Islands;

(b)

while he was on leave at a place outside the British Islands during the carrying on of such salvage operations in which he was engaged;

(c)

while he was at any place, except on land in the British Islands, in the course of proceeding to or returning from engagement in such salvage operations;

(d)

while he was waiting at any place outside the British Islands to proceed or return as aforesaid, whether the delay was due to sickness or to any other cause outside his control.