{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1991/schedule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1991/schedule-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/766",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1991",
  "path": "schedule/5",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "PART TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER",
  "text": "“PART IV\nRATES OF ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DISABLEMENT\nRate\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£3546 per annum (maximum)\n£68.00 per week (maximum)\n(b) under article 14(1)(a)\n£1773 per annum (maximum)\n£34.00 per week (maximum)\n3 Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15\n£1773 per annum\n£34.00 per week\n4 Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16\n£886 per annum\n£17.00 per week\n5 Allowance for wear and tear of clothing–\n(a) under article 17(1)(a)\n£73 per annum\n£73 per annum\n(b) under article 17(1)(b) & 17(2)\n£115 per annum\n£115 per annum\n6 Unemployability allowances–\n(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)\n£2881 per annum\n£55.25 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£1,629 per annum (maximum)\n£31.25 per week (maximum)\n(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under article 18(5)(c)\n£1,629 per annum (maximum)\n£31.25 per week (maximum)\n(iii) increase of allowance under article 18(5)(d)\n(a) in respect of the only, elder or the eldest child of a member\n£506 per annum\n£9.70 per week\n(b) in respect of each other child of a member\n£558 per annum\n£10.70 per week\n(c) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act\n£558 per annum\n£10.70 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£579 per annum\n£11.10 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£360 per annum\n£6.90 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£180 per annum\n£3.45 per week\n8 Comforts allowance–\n(a) under article 20(1)(a)\n£761 per annum\n£14.60 per week\n(b) under article 20(1)(b)\n£381 per annum\n£7.30 per week\n9 Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21–\n£1771 per annum (maximum)\n£33.96 per week (maximum)\n10 Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is–\n(a) 40 to 50 per cent.\n£313 per annum\n£6.00 per week\n(b) over 50 per cent, but not exceeding 70 per cent.\n£482 per annum\n£9.25 per week\n(c) over 70 per cent, but not exceeding 90 per cent.\n£691 per annum\n£13.25 per week\n(d) over 90 per cent.\n£965 per annum\n£18.50 per week\n11 Treatment allowances– increase of personal allowances under article 23(3)\n£965 per annum\n£18.50 per week\n12 Part-time treatment allowance under article 25\n£35.30 per day (maximum)\n£35.30 per day (maximum)\n13 Mobility supplement under article 26A\n£32.35 per week\n£32.35 per week\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/766/schedule/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:47:21.606205+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."
}