{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009.json",
  "id": "uksi/2009/438",
  "title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 2009",
  "short_title": "Personal Injuries (Civilians) 2009",
  "long_title": "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 during the 1939-45 World War in the manner described below.",
  "citation": "S.I. 2009/438",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "2009",
  "number": "438",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2009-03-02",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/1",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/section-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/2",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Amendments to the principal Scheme",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/section-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Transitional provision",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/section-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL SCHEME",
      "url": null,
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Amendment to article 20 (Comforts allowance)",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Amendment to article 26A (Funeral expenses)",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Amendment to Schedule 2 (Assessment of disablement caused by specified injuries and of certain other disablements)",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Amendment to Schedule 3 (Rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and earnings or income thresholds)",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
      "kind": "paragraph",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": "Amendment to Schedule 4 (Rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of death)",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": "schedule/1"
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/2",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 3 TO THE PRINCIPAL SCHEME",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/schedule-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule/3",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 4 OF THE PRINCIPAL SCHEME",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/schedule-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2009-03-06",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/pdf/uksi_20090438_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/438/pdfs/uksi_20090438_en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "title": "Explanatory Memorandum",
      "main": false,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2009-03-06",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/pdf/uksiem_20090438_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/438/pdfs/uksiem_20090438_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/1939/82",
      "title": null,
      "url": null,
      "provisions": [
        "section/1",
        "section/2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 4,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2009/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/438",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:02.525362+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}