# Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, Paragraph 9


(1) An employed earner shall be entitled to a disablement gratuity, if—
(a) he made a claim for disablement benefit before 1st October 1986;
(b) he suffered as the result of the relevant accident from loss of physical or mental faculty such that the extent of the resulting disablement assessed in accordance with Schedule 6 to this Act amounts to not less than 1 per cent.; and
(c) the extent of the disablement is assessed for the period taken into account as amounting to less than 20 per cent.
(2) A disablement gratuity shall be—
(a) of an amount fixed, in accordance with the length of the period and the degree of the disablement, by a prescribed scale, but not in any case exceeding the amount specified in Schedule 4, Part V, paragraph 9; and
(b) payable, if and in such cases as regulations so provide, by instalments.
(3) A person shall not be entitled to disablement gratuity until after the expiry of the period of 90 days (disregarding Sundays) beginning with the day of the relevant accident.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/schedule/7/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992/schedule-7/paragraph-9
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