- Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 301
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 2000
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| Made | 3rd February 2000 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 15th February 2000 | ||
| Coming into force | 10th April 2000 |
The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the approval of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939[1] 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 Scheme 2000 and shall come into force on 10th April 2000.
(2) In this Scheme, the expression "the principal Scheme" means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983[3].
Amendment of article 18 of the principal Scheme
2. In article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount "£3,016" there shall be substituted the amount "£3,042".
Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme
3. 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.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Hugh Bayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security
1st February 2000
We approve,
Jim Dowd
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
3rd February 2000
| Description of Pension or Allowance | Rate |
|
1.
Pension for 100 per cent. disablement under article 11 |
£116.00 per week |
|
2.
Education allowance under article 13 |
£120.00 per annum* |
3.
Constant attendance allowance-
|
£87.60 per week* |
|
(b) in any other case under that article |
£43.80 per week* |
|
4.
Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15 |
£43.80 per week |
|
5.
Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16 |
£21.90 per week |
|
6.
Allowance for wear and tear of clothing under article 17(1) |
£149 per annum* |
7.
Unemployability allowances-
|
£71.65 per week |
(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of-
|
£40.40 per week* |
(ii) increase of allowance under article 18(5)(d)-
|
£9.85 per week |
|
(b) in respect of each other child |
£11.35 per week |
|
(c) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[4] or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act. |
£11.35 per week |
8.
Invalidity allowance payable under article 19
(ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 35; or (iii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the disabled person being a man, or 60, in the case of that person 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 |
£14.20 per week |
(b) if-
(ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 50 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the disabled person being a man, or 60, in the case of that person 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 |
£9.00 per week |
|
(c) if heads (a) and (b) do not apply and on the relevant date the disabled person was a man under the age of 60 or a woman under the age of 55 |
£4.50 per week |
9.
Comforts allowance-
|
£18.80 per week |
|
(b) under article 20(1)(b) or 45(1) |
£9.40 per week |
|
10.
Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21 |
£43.72 per week* |
11.
Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is-
|
£7.75 per week |
|
(b) 60 or 70 per cent. |
£11.95 per week |
|
(c) 80 or 90 per cent. |
£17.00 per week |
|
(d) 100 per cent. |
£23.90 per week |
|
12.
Treatment allowances - increase of personal allowance under article 23(2) |
£23.90 per week* |
|
13.
Part-time treatment allowance under article 25 |
£53.15 per day* |
|
14.
Mobility supplement under article 25A |
£41.70 per week |
* Maximum
| Description of Pension or Allowance | Rate |
1.
Pension to widow-
|
£87.55 per week |
|
(b) under article 27(2) |
£20.25 per week |
|
(c) under article 27(3) |
£57.07 per week |
|
2.
Rent allowance under article 28 |
£33.10 per week* |
3.
Allowance under article 29 or 50 to an elderly surviving spouse-
|
£10.00 per week |
|
(b) if age 70 but under age 80 |
£19.20 per week |
|
(c) if age 80 or over |
£28.60 per week |
|
4.
Pension under article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as spouse |
£1.00 per week* |
|
5.
Pension to dependent widower under article 32 |
£87.55 per week* |
6.
Allowance under article 33 in respect of each child under the age of 15-
|
£14.35 per week |
|
(b) in respect of each other child |
£15.85 per week |
|
(c) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act |
£15.85 per week |
7.
Pension under article 34(1) to a motherless or fatherless child under the age of 15-
|
£16.20 per week |
|
(b) in respect of each other child |
£17.70 per week |
|
(c) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of man corresponding to that Act |
£17.70 per week |
8.
Pension or allowance under article 35(3) to or in respect of a child over the age of 15-
|
£67.50 per week* |
(b) any other case-
|
£16.20 per week* |
|
(ii) in respect of each other child |
£17.70 per week* |
|
(iii) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act |
£17.70 per week* |
|
9.
Education allowance under article 36 |
£120.00 per annum* |
10.
Pensions to parents-
|
£0.25 per week |
(b) maximum rate under article 38(4)
|
£1.00 per week |
|
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent |
£1.38 per week |
(c) increase under the proviso to article 38(4)-
|
£0.38 per week* |
|
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent |
£0.62 per week* |
11.
Pensions to other dependants-
|
£0.30 per week* |
|
(b) aggregate rate under article 39(4) |
£1.00 per week* |
|
(c) under article 39(5) |
£1.00 per week* |
* Maximum
(This note is not part of the Scheme)
This Scheme further amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/686) ("the principal Scheme") which makes provision for the payment of pensions and allowances to or in respect of civilians who were killed or injured during the 1939-45 World War by increasing the amounts of allowances, pensions and awards payable under that Scheme and also increasing the amounts of income to be disregarded for the purposes of certain parts of the Scheme.
This Scheme does not impose any costs on business.
Notes:
[1] 1939 c. 82.back
[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; Transfer of Functions (Health & Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843) article 3.back
[3] S.I. 1983/686, as amended by S.I. 1983/1164, 1540, 1984/1289, 1985/1313, 1986/628, 1987/191, 1988/367, 2260, 1989/415, 1990/535, 1300, 1991/708, 1992/702, 3226, 1993/480, 1994/715, 2021, 1995/445, 1996/502, 1997/812, 1998/278 and 1999/262.back
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