32(1)A claim in respect of a period before 10th May 1966 for an allowance under a scheme made under the M1Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 or under regulations made under the M2Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1956 may be made, and, when made, shall be determined, and any award thereon in respect of such a period shall be made, as if the M3Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 and the M4Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Northern Ireland Old Cases) Act 1975 had not been passed; and if on any such claim an allowance is awarded, section 5(2) of the said Act of 1975 shall apply as if the claimant had been receiving payment of that allowance immediately before 10th May 1966, whether or not he was in fact doing so.U.K.
(2)Regulations made by the Department under the said Act of 1975 may include provision for the payment or award in respect of any period beginning on or after the appointed day of an allowance under that Act without any further award or, as the case may be, any further claim, in a case where evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions for that allowance is afforded by the awards before that day or under sub-paragraph (1) of an allowance under a scheme or regulation mentioned in that sub-paragraph.
(3)An allowance paid under a scheme or regulation mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) in respect of any period commencing on or after the appointed day shall, except for the purposes of section 5(2) of the said Act of 1975, be treated as paid on account of an allowance under that Act and the amount of any allowance payable under that Act for that period shall be adjusted accordingly.