Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1983/1164 |
1983 No. 1164
PENSIONS
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 198327thJuly 1983
4thAugust 1983
21stNovember 1983
The Secretary of State for Social Services, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939(a) and now vested in him(b), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1983 and shall come into operation on 21st November 1983.
(2) In this Scheme the expression "the principal Scheme" means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (c).
(3) In relation to any award under the principal Scheme which is payable weekly and to which any provision of this Scheme relates, the foregoing reference to 21st November 1983 shall, where that date is not the normal weekly pay day for that award, be construed as a reference to the date of the first weekly pay day for that award immediately following 21st November 1983.
Amendment of Article 18 of the principal Scheme
2. For the amount "£1040" in paragraph (2) of Article 18 of the principal Scheme (earnings allowed in relation to unemployability allowances) there shall be substituted the amount "£1170".
Insertion of new Article in the principal Scheme
3. In Part III of the principal Scheme (awards in respect of disablement of gainfully occupied persons and civil defence volunteers) after Article 25 there shall be inserted the following new Article:—
"Mobility supplement
25A.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article a mobility supplement may be awarded at the rate specified in paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to a
(a) 1939 c.82.
(b) See Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953 (S.I. 1953/1198), Article 2; Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c.20), section 2; Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), Article 2.
(c) S.I. 1983/686.
person in receipt of a pension under Article 11 in respect of—
(a) disablement as a result of the amputation of both legs, at least one of which has been amputated either through or at a point above the knee; or
(b) disablement due to any other injury which is, and is likely to remain for at least 12 months from the date on which the question of eligibility for a supplement under this Article is considered by the Secretary of State (either at first instance or on review), wholly or mainly responsible for—
(i) rendering him unable to walk, or
(ii) restricting his leg movements to such an extent that his ability to walk without severe discomfort is of little or no practical use to him, or
(iii) rendering the exertion required to walk a danger to his life or a likely cause of serious deterioration in his health; or
(c) disablement by reason of which, immediately prior to the date on which the question of his eligibility for a supplement under this Article is first considered by the Secretary of State, he—
(i) has had the use of an invalid carriage or other vehicle provided by the Secretary of State under section 5(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service Act 1977(a) or section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(b), or by the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland...
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