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

S.I. 1999/857 · made 12 March 1999

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.

Made under: 1914 c. 18 (Section 1)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/injuries-in-war-shore-employments-compensation-amendment-scheme-1999/pdf/uksi_19990857_en.pdf

## Introductory text

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION
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) and now vested in them, 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 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.

## Signature

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.

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