{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/686",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation of Part III",
  "text": "(1) Under this Part of this Scheme awards may be made in respect of disablement caused by war injuries to gainfully occupied persons and war service injuries to civil defence volunteers:\nProvided that an award under this Part of this Scheme in respect of a person's disablement shall not be made unless the disablement is serious and prolonged.\n(2) In this Part of this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires—\n(a) “disablement”, in relation to a gainfully occupied person who has sustained a war injury, or a civil defence volunteer who has sustained a war service injury, means physical or mental injury or damage, or loss of physical or mental capacity, caused by that injury, and “disabled” shall be construed accordingly;\n(b) “degree”, in relation to disablement, means the degree of that disablement as assessed under Article 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/686/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:02:31.584899+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."
}