The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1987

In Article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£1,326” there shall be substituted the amount “£1,352”.

For Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and death) there shall respectively be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule hereto and numbered 3 and 4.

“SCHEDULE 3

Rates of Pensions and Allowances Payable in Respect of Disablement

Article 11

Description of Pension or Allowance	Rate
* Maximum
1 Pension for 100 per cent. disablement under Article 11	£ 64.50 per week
2 Education allowance under Article 13	£120.00 per annum*
3 Constant attendance allowance—
(a) under the proviso to Article 14	£ 51.60 per weekf1
(b) in any other case under that Article	£ 25.80 per week
4 Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under Article 15	£ 25.80 per week
5 Severe disablement occupational allowance under Article 16	£ 12.90 per week
6 Allowance for wear and tear of clothing—
(a) under Article 17(1)(a)	£ 56.00 per annum
(b) under Article 17(1)(b) and 17(2)	£ 88.00 per annum
7 Unemployability allowances—
(a) personal allowance under Article 18(1)(i)	£ 41.95 per week
(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of—
(i) increase of allowance in respect of a wife or a dependent husband under Article 18(5)(b)	£ 23.75 per week
(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under Article 18(5)(c)	£ 23.75 per week
(iii) increase of allowance in respect of each child under Article 18(5)(d)	£ 8.05 per week
8 Invalidity allowance payable under Article 19
(a) if— (i) the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; or (ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 35; or (iii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the disabled person being a man, or 60, in the case of that person 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	} £ 8.30 per week
(b) if— (i) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 45; or (ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 50 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the disabled person being a man, or 60, in the case of that person 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	} £ 5.30 per week
(c) if heads (a) and (b) do not apply and on the relevantdate the disabled person was a man under the age of 60 or a woman under the age of 55	£ 2.65 per week
9 Comforts allowance—
(a) under Article 20(1)(a)	£ 11.10 per week
(b) under Article 20(1)(b) or 45(1)	£ 5.55 per week
10 Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under Article 21	£ 25.80 per week
11 Age allowance under Article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is—
(a) 40 or 50 per cent.	£ 4.50 per week
(b) 60 or 70 per cent.	£ 7.00 per week
(c) 80 or 90 per cent.	£ 10.05 per week
(d) 100 per cent.	£ 14.00 per week
12 Treatment allowances— increase of personal allowance under Article 23(2)	£ 14.00 per week
13 Part-time treatment allowance under Article 25	£ 25.40 per day
14 Mobility supplement under Article 25A	£ 24.55 per week

SCHEDULE 4

Rates of Pensions and Allowances Payable in Respect of Death

Article 27

Description of Pension or Allowance	Rate
* Maximum
1 Pension to widow—
(a) under Article 27(1)	£ 51.35 per week
(b) under Article 27(2)	1.85 per week
2 Rent allowance under Article 28	£ 19.55 per weekf2
3 Allowance under Article 29 or 50 to an elderly surviving spouse—
(a) if age 65 but under age 70	£ 5.50 per week
(b) if age 70 but under age 80	£ 11.00 per week
(c) if age 80 or over	£ 13.85 per week
4 Pension under Article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as spouse	£ 1.00 per week
5 Pension to dependent widower under Article 32	£ 51.35 per week
6 Allowances under Article 33 in respect of each child under the age of 15	£ 11.60 per week
7 Pensions under Article 34(1) to motherless or fatherless children under the age of 15	£ 12.70 per week
8 Pension or allowance under Article 35(3) to or in respect of a child over the age of 15—
(a) where the child has attained the age of 18 and is incapable of self-support by reason of an infirmity which arose before he attained the age of 15	£ 39.50 per week
(b) any other case	£ 12.70 per week
9 Education allowance under Article 36	£120.00 per annum
10 Pensions to parents—
(a) minimum rate under Article 38(4)	£ 0.25 per week
(b) maximum rate under Article 38(4)—
(i) where there is only one eligible parent	£ 1.00 per week
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent	£ 1.38 per week
(c) increase under the proviso to Article 38(4)—
(i) where there is only one eligible parent	£ 0.38 per week
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent	£ 0.62 per week
11 Pensions to other dependants—
(a) for each juvenile dependant under Article 39(4)	£ 0.30 per week
(b) aggregate rate under Article 39(4)	£ 1.00 per week
(c) under Article 39(5)	£ 1.00 per week

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(This note is not part of the Scheme)