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Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 857

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION

The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1999

Made

12th March 1999

The Defence Council, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2)(1) and now vested in them(2), hereby make the following Scheme:

1.—(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1999.

(2) The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1998 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1999.

2.  In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914(3) for “£111.10”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “£114.70”.

3.  This Scheme shall have effect as from 12th April 1999, so, however, that no payment shall be made under it in respect of any period before that date.

Lord John Gilbert

Mr Kevin Tebbit

Members of the Defence Council

1999

We consent,

Jane Kennedy

Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

12th March 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1998 provide for the payment of weekly allowances to ex-members of the women’s auxiliary forces who suffered disablement from their services overseas during the 1914 to 1918 war.

This amending Scheme provides that the maximum weekly allowance shall be increased from £111.10 to £114.70. The increase will take effect on 12th April 1999.

(1)

1914 c. 18 (5 & 6 Geo 5).

(2)

S.I. 1964/488.