# The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983, Article 48: Treatment allowances


(1) A disabled person may be awarded a treatment allowance in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.
(2) In the case of a person who, if he had sustained the qualifying injury immediately before the date of the commencement of the treatment, would have been a gainfully occupied person, a treatment allowance may be awarded at the rate and subject to the conditions which would have been appropriate in his case under Article 23, 24 or 25 if he had been a gainfully occupied person.
(3) In the case of a person who does not come within paragraph (2) of this Article, a treatment allowance may be awarded in respect of any period during which he receives treatment as defined in Article 23(5) in a hospital or similar institution, which allowance shall consist of a personal allowance at the rate and subject to the conditions which would have been appropriate in his case under Article 23 if he had been a gainfully occupied person, increased by an amount equal to the increase (if any) for which he would, in those circumstances, have been eligible under paragraph (2) of that Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/686/article/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983/article-48
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