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Section 3 Amendment of article 76 of the principal Scheme

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In article 76 of the principal Scheme (review of decisions, assessments and awards)—

(a)

in paragraph (7) for the word “Nothing” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (7A), nothing”; and

(b)

after paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(7A)

Any assessment made, given or upheld by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Acts 1943 and 1949 may be reviewed and revised by the Secretary of State where he is satisfied by fresh medical evidence of a deterioration in the disablement in respect of which the assessment was made.”.