The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/250
• Sections: 29

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 Order 1990, shall come into force for the purposes of this article and article 4 on 1st April 1990 and for all other purposes on 9th April 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 18 of the principal Order

In article 18 of the principal Order (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£1,482” there shall be substituted the amount “£1,820”.

Section 3 Amendment of Schedules to the principal Order

(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (rates of pension and other grants payable in respect of disablement)–

(a) for Tables 1 and 3 of Part II there shall respectively be substituted the Tables set out in Schedules 1 and 2 hereto;

(b) for Tables 1 and 2 of Part III there shall respectively be substituted the Tables set out in Schedules 3 and 4 hereto;

(c) for Part IV there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 5 hereto.

(2) In Schedule 2 to the principal Order (rates of pension and other grants payable in respect of death)–

(a) for Table 1A of Part II there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 6 hereto;

(b) for the amount “£2,954” in the second column of Table 1B of Part II there shall be substituted the amount “£3,178”;

(c) for the amounts “£56.65” and “£13.08” in the second and third columns of Table 3 of Part II there shall respectively be substituted the amounts “£60.95” and “£14.07”;

(d) for Table 5 of Part II there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 7 hereto;

(e) for Part III there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 8 hereto.

Section 4 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the principal Order

In Part II of Schedule 4 to the principal Order, in column (3) of item 45 (meaning of the expression “public funds”) after paragraph (cc) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

(ccc) moneys provided under the Local Government Finance Act 1988 ; or

A

FINGERS–

Index Finger–

More than 2 phalanges, including loss of whole finger

B

TOES–

Great toe–

through metatarso-phalangeal joint

Section 1

Education allowance under article 13

Section 2

Constant attendance allowance–

(a) under article 14(1)(b)

Section 3

Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15

Section 4

Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16

Section 5

Allowance for wear and tear of clothing–

(a) under article 17(1)(a)

Section 6

Unemployability allowances–

(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)

Section 7

Invalidity allowance under article 19–

(a) if–

(i) the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; or

(ii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 35; or

(iii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the member being a man, or 60, in the case of the member being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979

Section 8

Comforts allowance–

(a) under article 20(1)(a)

Section 9

Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21–

Section 10

Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is–

(a) 40 to 50 per cent.

Section 11

Treatment allowances – increase of personal allowances under article 23(3)

Section 12

Part-time treatment allowance under article 25

Section 13

Mobility supplement under article 26A

Section 1

Pension under article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as spouse

Section 2

Rent allowance under article 31

Section 3

Allowance under article 32 to elderly widow or widower or unmarried dependant who lived as spouse–

(a) if age 65 but under 70

Section 4

Pension to widower under article 34

Section 5

Allowances in respect of children–

(a) under article 35(1) in respect of each child

Section 6

Pension under article 36 to a motherless or fatherless child of a member

Section 7

Pension or allowance under article 37(3) to or in respect of a child over the age limit

Section 8

Education allowance under article 38

Section 9

Pensions to parents–

(a) minimum rate under article 40(3)

Section 10

Pension to other dependants–

(a) under article 41(2)