Article 6 Amendment of Article 54 of the principal Scheme

in paragraph (1) the words “, except in cases where paragraphs (1B) or (1C) have effect,” shall be inserted after the word “made”;

after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs shall be inserted—

“(1A)

An application for an award of any pension, allowance or other benefit under this Scheme shall state the pension, allowance or benefit being claimed and shall be made to the Secretary of State either

(a)

in a form approved by him for that purpose; or

(b)

in such other manner, whether in writing or otherwise, as he may accept as sufficient in any case.

(1B)

An application for an award shall be treated by the Secretary of State, both at the date of the application and at any subsequent date, as including an application for an allowance under any of the following Articles, without reference to any such allowance being included in the application:—

(a)

Article 15 (exceptionally severe disablement allowance);

(b)

Article 16 (severe disablement occupational allowance);

(c)

Article 19 (invalidity allowance);

(d)

Article 20 (comforts allowance);

(e)

Article 22 (age allowance);

(f)

Article 29 (allowance to elderly widows);

(g)

Article 31 (temporary allowances to widows and unmarried dependants who lived as wives of severely disabled persons);

(h)

Article 44 (exceptionally severe disablement allowance);

(i)

Article 45 (comforts allowance);

(j)

Article 47 (age allowance);

(k)

Article 50 (allowance to elderly widows);

(l)

Article 51 (temporary allowances to widows of severely disabled persons).

(1C)

Where an award is in payment under this Scheme and the conditions for entitlement to any of the allowances referred to in paragraph (1B) become satisfied, a claim for any such allowance shall be treated as having been made at the date when the relevant conditions first became satisfied.”.