(1) This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(2) In this Order, βthe principal Order β means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983.
In article 18 of the principal Order (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount βΒ£3,016β there shall be substituted the amount β Β£3,042β.
In article 29 of the principal Order (pensions to widows) in paragraph (1A) for the amount βΒ£56.45β there shall be substituted the amount β Β£57.07β.
(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (rates of retired pay, pensions, gratuities and allowances in respect of disablement)β
(a) for the Table in Part II there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 1 to this Order;
(b) for Tables 1 and 2 of Part III there shall respectively be substituted the Tables set out in Schedules 2 and 3 to this Order; and
(c) for Part IV there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.
(2) In Schedule 2 (rates of pensions and allowances in respect of death)β
(a) for Tables 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part II there shall be substituted the Tables set out in Schedule 5 to this Order; and
(b) for Part III there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 6 to this Order.
Schedules
SCHEDULE 1 β TABLE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE TABLE SET OUT IN PART II OF SCHEDULE 1
TABLE
WEEKLY RATES OF PENSIONS FOR DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN GROUPS 10β15 OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE.
YEARLY RATES OF RETIRED PAY AND PENSIONS FOR DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN GROUPS 1β9 OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE.
SCHEDULE 4 β PART TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1
PART IV β RATES OF ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DISABLEMENT
Education allowance under article 13
Constant attendance allowance
(a) under article 14(1)(b)
Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15
Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16
Allowance for wear and tear of clothing under article 17(1)
Unemployability allowancesβ
(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)
Invalidity allowance under article 19
(a) ifβ
(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
Comforts allowanceβ
(a) under article 20(1)(a)
Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21
Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement isβ
(a) 40 to 50 per cent.
Treatment allowancesβincrease of personal allowances under article 23(3)
Part-time treatment allowance under article 25
Mobility supplement under article 26A
SCHEDULE 6 β PART TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR PART III OF SCHEDULE 2
PART III β RATES OF PENSIONS, OTHER THAN WIDOWS' PENSIONS, AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DEATH
Pension under article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as a spouse
Rent allowance under article 31
Allowance under article 32 to elderly widow or widower or unmarried dependant who lived as a spouseβ
(a) if aged 65 but under 70
Pension to widower under article 34
Allowances in respect of childrenβ
(a) under article 35(1)β
(i) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child of a member
Pension under article 36 to a motherless or fatherless child of a memberβ
(a) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child of a member
Pension or allowance under article 37(3) to or in respect of a child over the age limit
Education allowance under article 38
Pensions to parentsβ
(a) minimum rate under article 40(3)
Pension to other dependantsβ
(a) under article 41(2)
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