Article 31 Claims not made before 25th November 1981

(1)

The provisions of the next succeeding paragraph of this article shall apply to a person whose claim for lesser incapacity allowance was not made before 25th November 1981 and who is awarded such an allowance for a period after that date at one of the rates shown in the second column of Part II of Schedule 1 hereto.

(2)

Any lesser incapacity allowance which is found to be payable to such a person as aforesaid in respect of a period before 25th November 1981 shall—

(a)

in so far as it relates to the period from 26th November 1980 to 24th November 1981 inclusive, be paid at the rate shown in the first column of Part I of Schedule 1 hereto which corresponds to the rate awarded to him for the period after 25th November 1981; and

(b)

in so far as it relates to a period before 26th November 1980, be paid at the rate or rates then in force which corresponds or correspond to the rate awarded to him for the period after 25th November 1981.