The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983

Pensions to unmarried dependents who lived as wives

30.—(1) An unmarried dependant living as a wife of a person at the date of his death may be awarded a pension in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.

(2) Where an unmarried dependant of a deceased person has in her charge a child of the deceased person and is in receipt of an allowance awarded in respect of that child under the following provisions of this Part of this Scheme, a pension may be paid to her until she ceases to have the child in her charge or to be in receipt of such allowance:

Provided that, where the child dies before attaining the age of 15, the unmarried dependant may be treated for the period of 13 weeks from the date of the child's death as if she still had that child in her charge and were still in receipt of an allowance in respect of him.

(3) The rate of a pension to the unmarried dependant of a deceased person shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of State but shall not exceed the rate specified in Schedule 4, paragraph 4.