{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1989/schedule-5/part-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1989/schedule-5/part-IV.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/156",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1989",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/IV",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "rates of allowances payable in respect of disablement",
  "text": "Description of Allowance\nRate\nGroups 1–9\nGroups 10–15\n1 Education allowance under article13\n£120 per annum (maximum)\n£120 per annum (maximum)\n2 Constant attendance allowance–\n(a) under article 14(1)(b)\n£2972 per annum (maximum)\n£57.00 per week (maximum)\n(b) under article 14(1)(a)\n£1486 per annum (maximum)\n£28.50 per week (maximum)\n3 Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15\n£1486 per annum\n£28.50 per week\n4 Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16\n£743 per annum\n£14.25 per week\n5 Allowance for wear and tear of clothing–\n(a) under article 17(1)(a)\n£61 per annum\n£61 per annum\n(b) under article 17(1)(b) and 17(2)\n£97 per annum\n£97 per annum\n6 Unemployability allowances–\n(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)\n£2414 per annum\n£46.30 per week\n(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of–\n(i) increase of allowance in respect of a wife, husband or unmarried dependant living as a spouse, under article 18(5)(b)\n£1366 per annum (maximum)\n£26.20 per week (maximum)\n(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under article 18(5)(c)\n£1366 per annum (maximum)\n£26.20 per week (maximum)\n(iii) increase of allowance in respect of each child under article 18(5)(d)\n£467 per annum\n£8.95 per week\n7 Invalidity allowance under article19–\n(a) if–\n(i) the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; or\n(ii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 35; or\n(iii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the member being a man, or 60, in the case of the member being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979\n£480 per annum\n£9.20 per week\n(b) if\n(i) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 45; or\n(ii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 50 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the member being a man, or 60, in the case of the member being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979\n£302 per annum\n£5.80 per week\n(c) if heads (a) and (b) do not apply, and on the relevant date the member was a man under the age of 60 or a woman under the age of 55\n£151 per annum\n£2.90 per week\n8 Comforts allowance–\n(a) under article 20(1)(a)\n£641 per annum\n£12.30 per week\n(b) under article 20(1)(b)\n£321 per annum\n£6.15 per week\n9 Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21\n£1485 per annum (maximum)\n£28.48 per week (maximum)\n10 Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is–\n(a) 40 to 50 per cent.\n£261 per annum\n£5.00 per week\n(b) over 50 per cent., but not exceeding 70 per cent.\n£404 per annum\n£7.75 per week\n(c) over 70 per cent., but not exceeding 90 per cent.\n£579 per annum\n£11.10 per week\n(d) over 90 per cent.\n£808 per annum\n£15.50 per week\n11 Treatment allowances–increase of personal allowance under article 23(3)\n£808 per annum (maximum)\n£15.50 per week (maximum)\n12 Part-time treatment allowance under article 25\n£29.70 per day (maximum)\n£29.70 per day (maximum)\n13 Mobility supplement under article 26A\n£27.10 per week\n£27.10 per week",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/156/schedule/5/part/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:50:22.177267+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."
}