{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-no2-order-1992/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3208",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment (No.2) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-no2-order-1992",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 9 of the principal Order",
  "text": "In article 9 of the principal Order (determination of degree of disablement), after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—\n“(2A) Where the average hearing loss at frequencies of 1, 2 and 3 kHz is not 50 dB or more in each ear, the degree of disablement in respect of that loss shall be assessed at less than 20 per cent.\n(2B) Neither noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss nor a related condition or symptom shall be taken into account in determining a member’s total degree of disablement if the degree of disablement in respect of that loss alone is less than 20 per cent.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3208/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:08:38.599879+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}