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The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1984

S.I. 1984/1675 · Made 25 October 1984

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PENSIONS

Made 25th October 1984

Laid before Parliament 7th November 1984

Coming into Operation 29th November 1984

The Secretary of State for Social Services, with the approval of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 and now vested in himf1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:—

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Footnotes

f1

See Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953 (S.I. 1953/1198), Article 2; Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20), section 2; Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), Article 2.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of Article 16 of the principal Scheme
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1984 and shall come into operation on 29th November 1984.

(2)

In this Scheme the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983f1.

2Amendment of Article 16 of the principal Scheme

In Article 16 of the principal Scheme (severe disablement occupational allowance) for the words “non-contributory invalidity pension” there shall be substituted the words “severe disablement allowance”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Glenarthur

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Health and Social Security

23rd October 1984

We approve.

John Major

Ian B. Lang

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

25th October 1984

Explanatory note

This Scheme further amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (“the principal Scheme”) which makes provision for the payment of pensions and allowances to or in respect of civilians who were killed or injured in the 1939-45 War. This Scheme substitutes, from 29th November 1984, a reference to severe disablement allowance for the reference to non-contributory invalidity pension in Article 16 of the principal Scheme.