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).
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”.
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.
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