The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1991 and shall come into force on 8th April 1991.

(2) In this Scheme, the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(1).

Amendment of article 18 of the principal Scheme

2.  In article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£1,820” there shall be substituted the amount “£2,028”.

Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme

3.  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 to this Scheme and numbered 3 and 4.

Amendment to article 25A of the principal Scheme

4.  For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of article 25A(2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) disablement as a result of the amputation of both legs, at levels which are either through or above the ankle; or”

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Henley

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

13th March 1991

We approve,

Thomas Sackville

Irvine Patnick

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

18th March 1991