The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1998
S.I. 1998/581 · Made 6 March 1998
INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION
Made 6th March 1998
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)f1 and now vested in themf2, hereby make the following Scheme:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
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1914 c. 18 (5 & 6 Geo 5).
- f2
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S.I. 1964/488.
Contents
1
This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1998.
The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1997 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1998.
2
In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914f1 for “£107.20”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “£111.10”.
3
This Scheme shall have effect as from 6th April 1998, so, however, that no payment shall be made under it in respect of any period before that date.
Signature
Richard Mottram
Lord Gilbert
Members of the Defence Council
4th March 1998
We consent,
Graham Allen
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th March 1998
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the scheme)
The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1997 provide for the payment of weekly allowances to ex-members of the women’s auxiliary forces who suffered disablement from their service overseas during the 1914 to 1918 war.
This amending Scheme provides that the maximum weekly allowance shall be increased from £107.20 to £111.10. The increase will take effect on 6th April 1998.