{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-2003/schedule-5/part-IV",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/434",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-2003",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/IV",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "RATES OF ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DISABLEMENT AND EARNINGS OR INCOME THRESHOLDS",
  "text": "Rates\nDescription of Allowance\nGroups 1–9\nGroups 10–15\n* maximum\n1 Education allowance under article 13\n£120 per annum\n£120 per annum\n2 Constant attendance allowance under Article 14—\nA. For decisions made before 9th April 2001\n(a) under article 14(1)(b)\n£4,884 per annum\n£93.60 per week\n(b) under article 14(1)(a)\n£2,442 per annum\n£46.80 per week\nB. For decisions made on or after 9th April 2001\n(a) the part day rate of constant attendance allowance under article 14(2);\n£1,221 per annum\n£23.40 per week\n(b) the full day rate of constant attendance allowance under article 14(3);\n£2,442 per annum\n£46.80 per week\n(c) the intermediate rate of constant attendance allowance under article 14(4);\n£3,663 per annum\n£70.20 per week\n(d) the exceptional rate of constant attendance allowance under article 14(5).\n£4,884 per annum\n£93.60 per week\n3 Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15\n£2,442 per annum\n£46.80 per week\n4 Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16\n£1,221 per annum\n£23.40 per week\n5 Allowance for wear and tear of clothing under article 17(1)\n£160 per annum\n£160 per annum\n6 Unemployability allowances—\n(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)\n£3,994 per annum\n£76.55 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 or an adult dependant under article 18(5)(b)\n£2,252 per annum\n£43.15 per week\n(ii) increase of allowance under article 18(5)(d)—\n(aa) in respect of the only, elder or the eldest child of a member\n£522 per annum\n£10.00 per week\n(bb) in respect of each other child of a member\n£613 per annum\n£11.75 per week\n(cc) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act\n£613 per annum\n£11.75 per week\nFor decisions made on or after 9th April 2001\n(c) the annual earnings figure for the purposes of article 18(2) is £3,510\n(d) the weekly income figure for the purposes of article 18(5)(b) is £54.65\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£791 per annum\n£15.15 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£506 per annum\n£9.70 per week\n(c) if heads (a) and (b) do not apply and on the relevant date the member was under the age of 60\n£253 per annum\n£4.85 per week\n8 Comforts Allowance\n(a) under article 20(1)(a)\n£1,044 per annum\n£20.00 per week\n(b) under article 20(1)(b)\n£522 per annum\n£10.00 per week\n9 Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21\n£2,438 per annum\n£46.72 per week\n10 Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is—\n(a) 40 to 50 per cent.\n£433 per annum\n£8.30 per week\n(b) over 50 per cent, but not exceeding 70 per cent.\n£665 per annum\n£12.75 per week\n(c) over 70 per cent, but not exceeding 90 per cent.\n£947 per annum\n£18.15 per week\n(d) over 90 per cent.\n£1,330 per annum\n£25.50 per week\n11 For decisions made before 9th April 2001\nTreatment allowance—increase of personal allowances under article 23(3)\n£1,330 per annum\n£25.50 per week\n12 Part-time treatment allowance under article 25\n£56.80 per day\n£56.80 per day\n13 Mobility supplement under article 26A\n£2,327 per annum\n£44.60 per week",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "* maximum"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/434/schedule/5/part/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:18.363260+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."
}