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Chapter EIM74700

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Vincent
Published date22 May 2014
Record NumberEIM74700
CourtHM Revenue & Customs
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983

The war pensions schemes are administered by the Veterans Agency, which is part of the Ministry of Defence. The schemes are separate from the Social Security system.

The Personal Injuries (Civilians) scheme 1983 (often referred to as the Civilians Scheme) covers civil defence volunteers and civilians who received war injuries during the 1939-1945 war and their dependants. Such payments are made in respect of-

  • war service injuries sustained by civil defence volunteers;
  • war injuries sustained by civilians who were ‘gainfully occupied persons’ (a ‘gainfully occupied person’ is a person who is engaged in any trade, business, profession, office, employment or vocation and is wholly or substantially dependent thereon for a livelihood, or a person who, though temporarily unemployed, is normally so engaged and dependent);
  • war injuries sustained by civilians who were ‘non-gainfully occupied persons’, for example, housewives, pensioners, annuitants and persons who live on unearned incomes.

Awards may be made in favour of -

(a) civil defence volunteers sustaining war...

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