Article 28 Conditions for allowance satisfied by previous awards

Any allowance under this scheme may be paid without any claim or award or awarded without any claim if, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions for that allowance is afforded by the award, in respect of a period before the coming into operation of this scheme, of an allowance payable by virtue of a scheme revoked by this scheme or a scheme made under the Industrial Diseases (Benefit) Acts, or of an allowance under the Workmen's Compensation and Benefit (Supplementation) Act 1956.