# The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1987

S.I. 1987/529 · made 12 March 1987

The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1986 provide for the payment of weekly allowance to small numbers of ex-members of the Women’s Auxiliary Forces who suffered disablement from their services overseas during the 1914—18 war. This amending Scheme provides that the maximum weekly allowance payable shall be increased from £63.20 to £64.50 and that other allowances shall be increased proportionately. The increase will take effect as from 6 April 1987 in accordance with Section 1(5) of the Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2).

Made under: 1914 c. 18 (Section 1)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/injuries-in-war-shore-employments-compensation-amendment-scheme-1987/pdf/uksi_19870529_en.pdf

## Introductory text

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION
Made 12th March 1987
The Defence Council, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of powers conferred by section 1 of the Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2) and now vested in them, hereby make the following Scheme:—

## 1 

The Injuries in War (Shore Employment) Compensation Scheme 1914 shall be amended as follows:
In paragraph (3) thereof for the figures“£63.20”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the figures“£64.50”.

## 2 

This Scheme shall have effect as from the 6 April 1987, so, however, that no payment shall be made thereunder in respect of any period before that date.

## 3 

This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1987, and the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1986 and this scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1987.

## Signature

Trefgarne
Clive Whitmore
Members of the Defence Council
Dated 12th March 1987
We consent
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Michael Neubert
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

## Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Scheme)
The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1986 provide for the payment of weekly allowance to small numbers of ex-members of the Women’s Auxiliary Forces who suffered disablement from their services overseas during the 1914—18 war. This amending Scheme provides that the maximum weekly allowance payable shall be increased from £63.20 to £64.50 and that other allowances shall be increased proportionately. The increase will take effect as from 6 April 1987 in accordance with Section 1(5) of the Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2).

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