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Regulation 2

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of Parliament.

(2)

References in these Regulations to any enactment, regulations, scheme or other instrument shall include references to any such enactment, regulations, scheme or instrument as amended by any subsequent enactment, regulations, scheme or instrument.

(3)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “responsible authority” means —

    1. (a)

      in relation to claims under paragraph (3) of Regulation 3 of these Regulations, the National Assistance Board or the National Assistance Board for Northern Ireland, as the case may be;

    2. (b)

      in relation to claims under paragraph (4) of the said Regulation the appropriate local authority;

    3. (c)

      in relation to claims under paragraph (5) of the said Regulation the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance or the Ministry of Labour and National Insurance for Northern Ireland, as the case may be;

  • “Service Pensions Instrument” means any Royal Warrant, Order in Council or other instrument (not being a 1914–1918 War Injuries Scheme) under which a disablement pension may be paid out of public funds in respect of any disablement, wound, injury or disease attributable to or aggravated by service in the naval, military or air forces of the Crown or in any nursing service or other auxiliary service of any of the said forces or in the Home Guard or in any other organisation established under the control of the Admiralty, the Army Council or the Air Council;

  • “Personal Injuries Scheme” means any scheme made under the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1939, or under the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act, 1939;

  • “1914–1918 War Injuries Scheme” means any scheme made under the Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914, or under the Injuries in War Compensation Act, 1914 (Session 2), or under the Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1915, or any Government scheme for compensation in respect of persons injured in any merchant ship or fishing vessel as the result of hostilities during the 1914–1918 War.