The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/702
• Sections: 32

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1992 and shall come into force on 6th April 1992.

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

Section 2 Omission of article 12 of the principal Scheme

Article 12 of the principal Scheme (allowances for eligible members of the family) shall be omitted.

Section 3 Amendment of article 18 of the principal Scheme

In article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for the amount “£2,028” there shall be substituted the amount “£2,106”;

(b) in paragraph (5)—

(i) for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (c) below, an allowance may be awarded in respect of a wife or husband or adult dependant at a rate not exceeding the appropriate rate specified in Schedule 3, paragraph 7(b)(i), if the Secretary of State thinks fit having regard to the financial circumstances of the wife or husband or adult dependant in respect of whom the allowance is claimed;

(c) an allowance shall not be awarded in respect of more than one adult dependant;

(ii) in paragraph 5(d) for the words “paragraph 7(b)(iii)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 7(b)(ii)”.

Section 4 Amendment of article 23 of the principal Scheme

In article 23 of the principal Scheme (treatment allowances) paragraphs (1)(ii) and (3) shall be omitted.

Section 5 Amendment of article 25A of the principal Scheme

In article 25A of the principal Scheme (mobility supplement) in paragraph (1)(b) for the words “12 months” there shall be substituted the words “6 months”.

Section 6 Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme

For Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and death) there shall respectively be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Scheme and numbered 3 and 4.

Section 7 Saving provision in relation to allowances for eligible members of the family

Notwithstanding the revocation of article 12, and the amendment of article 18(5) and article 23 of the principal Scheme, in any case where a pension or allowance or any addition to a pension is payable in respect of the period immediately before 6th April 1992 those provisions shall continue to have effect as though this Scheme had not come into force.

Section 1

Pension for 100 per cent. disablement under article 11

Section 1

Pension to widow—

Section 2

Education allowance under article 13

Section 2

Rent allowance under article 28

Section 3

Constant attendance allowance—

Section 3

Allowance under article 29 or 50 to an elderly surviving spouse—

Section 4

Exceptional severe disablement allowance under article 15

Section 4

Pension under article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as spouse

Section 5

Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16

Section 5

Pension to dependent widower under article 32

Section 6

Allowance for wear and tear of clothing—

Section 6

Allowance under article 33 in respect of each child under the age of 15—

Section 7

Unemployability allowances—

Section 7

Pension under article 34(1) to a motherless or fatherless child under the age of 15—

Section 8

Invalidity allowance payable under article 19

Section 8

Pension or allowance under article 35(3) to or in respect of a child over the age of 15—

Section 9

Comforts and allowance—

Section 9

Education allowance under article 36

Section 10

Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21

Section 10

Pensions to parents—

Section 11

Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensionable disablement is—

Section 11

Pensions to other dependants—

Section 12

Treatment allowances–increase of personal allowance under article 23(2)

Section 13

Part-time treatment allowance under article 25

Section 14

Mobility supplement under article 25A