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Appendix ANNEX IV DISABLED DEPENDANTS

United Kingdom

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1.

A dependant is deemed to be disabled if it is established by medical evidence that that person is suffering from a serious and permanent disability necessitating either special care or supervision, or special education or training.

2.

The decision to grant the allowance shall be made by the Director after consulting an ad hoc board which the Director shall constitute for the purpose, and which shall include at least one medical practitioner.

The Director's decision shall specify the period for which the allowance is to be paid, subject to review.

3.

The criterion for entitlement to the rights provided for in the Staff Regulations shall be the serious and continuing impairment of the physical or mental activities.

Dependant persons may thus be deemed to be disabled where they suffer from, for example:

  • a serious or chronic affection of the central or autonomic nervous system, however caused, such as diseases of the brain, myopathy and autonomic paralysis;

  • a serious affection of the locomotor system;

  • a serious affection of one or more sensory systems;

  • a chronic and disabling mental illness.

The list in the second subparagraph is indicative only and shall not be deemed to be exhaustive. It shall not be taken as a basis for assessing the degree of disability or incapacity.

4.

The amount of the allowance shall be equal to the amount of the allowance for a dependant child, and shall be additional thereto.

5.

For contract staff members who can present supporting evidence that their disabled dependant child requires imperative ad hoc educational arrangements, the allowance may be increased up to a maximum of two times the amount of the allowance for a dependant child to be paid monthly.

In such cases, entitlement to the increased allowance shall commence on the first day of the month in which the imperative ad hoc educational arrangements begin and shall cease at the end of the month in which they finish or at the end of the month in which the child reaches the age of 26, whichever is the earliest.