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The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1995

S.I. 1995/979 · Made 30 March 1995

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INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION

Made 30th March 1995

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)f1 and now vested in themf2, make the following Scheme:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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

f2

S.I. 1964/488.

Contents

  1. 1Section 1
  2. 2Section 2
  3. 3Section 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1995.

(2)

The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1994 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1995.

2

In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914f1, for the figures “£98.90”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the figures “£101.10”.

3

This Scheme shall have effect as from 10th April 1995, so, however, that no payment shall be made thereunder in respect of any period before that date.

Signature

Roger Freeman

Christopher France

Members of the Defence Council

We consent,

Timothy Wood

Derek Conway

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

30th March 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1994 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 £98.90 to £101.10. The increase will take effect on 10th April 1995.