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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Scheme)

This Scheme extends the provisions relating to mobility supplement in Article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (“the principal Scheme”), inserted by the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/1164). It enables a person who is receiving a pension under the principal Scheme because of disablement arising from being both blind and deaf, to qualify for mobility supplement where, by reason of the combined effects of being blind and deaf, he is unable without the assistance of another person to walk to any intended or required destination while out of doors.