Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 1300

The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1990

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1990 No. 1300

PENSIONS

The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1990

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 and now vested in him^[2] 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 (No. 2) Scheme 1990 and shall come into force on 25th July 1990.

    (2)  In this Scheme, the expression "the principal Scheme" means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983^[3].

Amendment of Article 25A of the principal Scheme
    2.—(1)  Article 25A of the principal Scheme (mobility supplement) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.

    (2)  After sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph:
"(d) disablement as a result of his being both blind and deaf where by reason of the effects of those conditions in combination with each other he is unable, without the assistance of another person, to walk to any intended or required destination while out of doors." .



    (3)  After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
"  (2A)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) a person is—
(a) blind only where the degree of disablement resulting from loss of vision has been assessed in accordance with Article 10 as amounting to more than 80 per cent.;

(b) deaf only where the degree of disablement resulting from loss of hearing has been assessed in accordance with Article 10 as amounting to not less than 80 per cent." .

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Henley

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department of Social Security

15th June 1990
We consent,

John Taylor

Kenneth Carlisle

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

21st June 1990

This Scheme extends the provisions relating to mobility supplement in Article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 ("the principal Scheme"), inserted by the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/1164). It enables a person who is receiving a pension under the principal Scheme because of disablement arising from being both blind and deaf, to qualify for mobility supplement where, by reason of the combined effects of being blind and deaf, he is unable without the assistance of another person to walk to any intended or required destination while out of doors.

[2] 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. back

[3] S.I. 1983/686; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1983/1164, 1540 and 1986/628 back