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The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1994

S.I. 1994/2021 · Made 29 July 1994

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PENSIONS

Made 29th July 1994

Laid before Parliament 5th August 1994

Coming into force 3rd October 1994

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the approval of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939f1 and now vested in himf2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1939 c. 82.

f2

See Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953 (S.I. 1953/1198) article 2; Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20) section 2: Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699) article 2; Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843) article 3.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of article 27 of the principal Scheme
  3. 3Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Scheme
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1994 and shall come into force on 3rd October 1994.

(2)

In this Scheme, the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983f1.

2Amendment of article 27 of the principal Scheme

In article 27 of the principal Scheme (pensions to widows), after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3)

at the supplementary rate specified in paragraph 1(c) of the said Schedule in both the cases specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article.”.

3Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Scheme

After paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pension and allowance payable in respect of death:widows) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(c)

under article 27(3)…£48.70 per week”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Astor

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

19th July 1994

We approve,

T. J. R. Wood

K. Clarke

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

29th July 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

This Scheme further amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 which makes provision for the payment of pensions and allowances to or in respect of civilians who were killed or injured in the 1939–45 war.

Article 2 of this Scheme provides for a supplementary pension to be awarded to widows in respect of their husbands death.

This Scheme does not impose any costs on business.