Regulation 33 Compounding of awards

In the case where an annual sum which has been or might be awarded under these Regulations does not exceed £35, the determining authority may, at their discretion, determine that the liability of the paying authority in respect thereof shall be compounded by payment of a lump sum equivalent to the capital value of the annual sum and, if any lump sum payment has been awarded or might be awarded in addition to such sum under Regulation 18, 19 or 20, the determining authority may likewise determine that the liability of the paying authority in respect thereof shall be discharged by an immediate payment.

In any other case, if the person who has been awarded long-term or retirement compensation requests them to do so, the determining authority may, in their discretion, after having regard to the state of health of that person and the other circumstances of the case, determine that up to one quarter of the liability of the paying authority to make payments under the award (other than payments to a widow, child or other dependant under Regulation 23) shall be compounded by the payment of an equivalent amount as a lump sum or, where any compensation has been awarded as a lump sum, by increasing that compensation to such equivalent amount; and in calculating for this purpose the liability of the paying authority to make such payments, account shall be taken of the annual value of lump sum payments of compensation other than payments of compensation under Part III of these Regulations.

The making of a composition under paragraph (2) in relation to an award of long-term or retirement compensation shall not prevent the subsequent making of a composition under paragraph (1) in relation to that award but, subject as aforesaid, not more than one composition may be made in relation to any award.