{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1990/schedule-5/part-IV",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/250",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1990",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/IV",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "RATES OF ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DISABLEMENT",
  "text": "Rate\nDescription of Allowance\nGroups 1–9\nGroups 10–15\n1 Education allowance under article 13\n£120 per annum (maximum)\n£120 per annum (maximum)\n2 Constant attendance allowance–\n(a) under article 14(1)(b)\n£3,201 per annum (maximum)\n£61. 40 per week (maximum)\n(b) under article 14(1)(a)\n£1,601 per annum (maximum)\n£30.70 per week (maximum)\n3 Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15\n£1,601 per annum\n£30.70 per week\n4 Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16\n£800 per annum\n£15.35 per week\n5 Allowance for wear and tear of clothing–\n(a) under article 17(1)(a)\n£66 per annum\n£66 per annum\n(b) under article 17(1)(b) and 17(2)\n£104 per annum\n£104 per annum\n6 Unemployability allowances–\n(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)\n£2,597 per anum\n£49.80 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£1,470 per annum (maximum)\n£28.20 per week maximum)\n(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under article 18(5)(c)\n£1,470 per annum (maximum)\n£28.20 per week (maximum)\n(iii) increase of allowance in respect of each child under article 18(5)(d)\n£503 per annum\n£9.65 per week\n7 Invalidity allowance under article 19–\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£521 per annum\n£10.00 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£323 per annum\n£6.20 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£162 per annum\n£3.10 per week\n8 Comforts allowance–\n(a) under article 20(1)(a)\n£688 per annum\n£13.20 per week\n(b) under article 20(1)(b)\n£344 per annum\n£6.60 per week\n9 Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21–\n£1,598 per annum (maximum)\n£30.64 per week (maximum)\n10 Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is–\n(a) 40 to 50 per cent.\n£282 per annum\n£5.40 per week\n(b) over 50 per cent., but not exceeding 70 per cent.\n£435 per annum\n£8.35 per week\n(c) over 70 per cent., but not exceeding 90 per cent.\n£623 per annum\n£11.95 per week\n(d) over 90 per cent.\n£871 per annum\n£16.70 per week\n11 Treatment allowances – increase of personal allowances under article 23(3)\n£871 per annum (maximum)\n£16.70 per week (maximum)\n12 Part-time treatment allowance under article 25\n£32.35 per day (maximum)\n£32.35 per day (maximum)\n13 Mobility supplement under article 26A\n£29.15 per week\n£29.15 per week",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/250/schedule/5/part/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:27:59.857797+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."
}