Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1989 and shall come into force for the purposes of this article and articles 2 and 4 on 1st April 1989 and for all other purposes on 10th April 1989.
(2) In this Scheme the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(1).
Amendment of article 2 of the principal Scheme
2. In paragraph (19) of article 2 of the principal Scheme (meaning of “public funds”) after the words “any public, general or local Act”, there shall be inserted the words “moneys provided under the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987(2)”.
Amendment of Article 18 of the principal Scheme
3. In Article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£1,404” there shall be substituted the amount “£1,482”.
Amendment of article 28 of the principal Scheme
4. At the end of paragraph (1) of article 28 of the principal Scheme (Rent allowance for widows who have children) there shall be added the words “and to any community charge payable by her.”.
Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the Principal Scheme
5. For Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and death) there shall respectively be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule hereto and numbered 3 and 4.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Skelmersdale
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
6th March 1989
We approve,
Alan Howarth
Stephen Dorrell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.
9th March 1989