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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/686",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "ASSESSMENT OF DISABLEMENT CAUSED BY SPECIFIED INJURIES AND OF CERTAIN OTHER DISABLEMENTS",
  "text": "Description of Injury\nAssessment\nAmputation Cases—Upper Limbs\nper cent.\nLoss of both hands or amputation at higher sites\n100\nForequarter amputation\n100\nAmputation through shoulder joint\n90\nAmputation below shoulder with stump less than 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion\n80\nAmputation from 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion to less than 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon\n70\nAmputation from 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon\n60\nLoss of thumb\n30\nLoss of thumb and its metacarpal bone\n40\nLoss of 4 fingers\n50\nLoss of 3 fingers\n30\nLoss of 2 fingers\n20\nLoss of terminal phalanx of thumb\n20\nDescription of Injury\nAssessment\nAmputation Cases—Lower Limbs\nper cent.\nDouble amputation through thigh, or through thigh on one side and loss of other foot, or double amputation below thigh to 13 centimetres below knee\n100\nDouble amputation through leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee\n100\nAmputation of one leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee and loss of other foot\n100\nAmputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps\n90\nAmputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n80\nLoss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n40\nLoss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint\n30\nLoss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint\n20\nHindquarter amputation\n100\nAmputation through hip joint\n90\nAmputation below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter\n80\nAmputation below hip and above knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter, or at knee not resulting in end-bearing stump\n70\nAmputation at knee resulting in end-bearing stump, or below knee with stump not exceeding 9 centimetres\n60\nAmputation below knee with stump exceeding 9 centimetres but not exceeding 13 centimetres\n50\nAmputation below knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres\n40\nAmputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing stump\n30\nAmputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n30\nLoss of all toes of one foot proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint, including amputations through the metatarso-phalangeal joint\n20\nOther Specific Injuries\nper cent.\nLoss of a hand and a foot\n100\nLoss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal\n40\nLoss of vision of one eye, without complications or disfigurement of the eyeball, the other being normal\n30\nLoss of sight\n100\nOther Disablements\nper cent.\nVery severe facial disfigurement\n100\nAbsolute deafness\n100\nNOTE.—Where the scheduled assessment for a specified injury involving multiple losses differs from the sum of the assessments for the seperate injuries, the former is the appropriate assessment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/438",
      "affecting_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/686/schedule/2",
    "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."
}