The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment (No. 2) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/1308
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order, which may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment (No.2) Order 1990, shall come into force on 25th July 1990.

(2) In this Order, the expression “the principal Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983.

Section 2 Amendment of article 26A of the principal Order

(1) Article 26A of the principal Order (mobility supplement) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) After sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph:

(d) disablement as a result of his being both blind and deaf where by reason of the effects of those conditions in combination with each other he is unable, without the assistance of another person, to walk to any intended or required destination while out of doors.

(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) a person is —

(a) blind only where the assessed degree of disablement resulting from loss of vision has been certified in accordance witharticle 9 as amounting to more than 80 per cent;

(b) deaf only where the assessed degree of disablement resulting from loss of hearing has been certified in accordance witharticle 9 as amounting to not less than 80 per cent.