SCHEDULE 1 CIVIL DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS
Article 4
1 Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority for the purpose of carrying out any specified service in connection with any of the civil defence functions of that Department or authority.
2 Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority for the purpose of—
(a) giving assistance in connection with the transport of members of the civil population who were transferred in pursuance of an evacuation plan; or
(b) assisting to secure accommodation for members of the civil population who were, or were proposed to be, transferred in pursuance of an evacuation plan or who were rendered homeless as a result of enemy action or who left their homes in consequence or apprehension of enemy action;
being, in the case of an organisation established and maintained for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.
3 Any organisation—
(a) established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority (including a police authority) or by the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District for the purpose of assisting in the carrying on of canteens for the benefit of members of any organisation described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule or named in sub-paragraphs (1) to (8) inclusive of paragraph 17 of this Schedule; and
(b) consisting only of unpaid members.
4 Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department or a local authority for the purpose of assisting during an emergency resulting from enemy action or the apprehension of enemy action to provide food, clothing, shelter, information or other necessities for which there was a need as the result of that emergency, being an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.
5 Any organisation established and maintained by a local authority for the purpose of collecting, decontaminating, identifying or disposing of the bodies of persons killed as a result of enemy action.
6 Any organisation—
(a) established and maintained by a Government Department, public utility undertakers, an employer, a group of employers, or by a person who had an interest in, or the control or management of, any general premises; and
(b) established for the purpose of carrying out any specified service in connection with a protective scheme, and maintained for that purpose, or for the purpose of assisting any organisation described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule, the National Fire Service or any other organisation described in this paragraph, to carry out the purpose of that organisation; and
(c) comprising amongst its members persons (the number of whom was ordinarily not less than 6) who were being effectively trained and equipped to perform between them the duties of giving first aid treatment, dealing with the effects of gas and fighting fires.
7 Any organisation established and maintained for the purpose of providing a fire guard service—
(a) in accordance with arrangements in force under the Fire Guard (Business and Government Premises) Order 1943, or under any order revoked by that Order; or
(b) for any premises to which that Order did not apply, other than residential premises;
being, in a case coming within sub-paragraph (b), an organisation consisting only of members who were registered with a local authority.
8 Any organisation established and maintained—
(a) by any body or person having the management of any hospital for the purpose of carrying out duties in connection with the work of that hospital; or
(b) by a Government Department, a local authority or any such body or person as aforesaid for the purpose of giving assistance in connection with the transference of patients in pursuance of arrangements made by the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State under section 50(1)(a) of the Civil Defence Act 1939;
being in either case an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.
9 Any organisation established and maintained by public utility undertakers (being undertakers carrying on a water undertaking) for the purpose of assisting to provide the public, during an emergency resulting from enemy action or the apprehension of enemy action, with emergency supplies of drinking water, being an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.
10 Any organisation—
(a) established by public utility undertakers for the purpose of carrying out, in the event of damage being caused by enemy action to any part of their undertaking, such temporary or emergency measures as might be necessary to protect persons or property from danger resulting from that damage; and
(b) maintained by those undertakers for that purpose or for the purpose of assisting any other organisation described in this paragraph to carry out the purpose of that other organisation.
11 Any organisation established and maintained by or with the approval of the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing a blood transfusion service for the benefit of casualties from enemy action, being an organisation consisting only of unpaid members.
12 Any organisation established and maintained by or with the approval of the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State for the purpose of securing that persons should become qualified for membership of the Civil Nursing Reserve and consisting only of members who were being trained to become so qualified.
13 Any organisation established and maintained by or with the approval of a Government Department for the purpose of detecting and rendering harmless, or of assisting to detect and render harmless, unexploded bombs or other noxious things used by or against the enemy.
14 Any organisation established and maintained by a Government Department for the purposes of providing escorts for, or assisting in the transference of, civilians who were transferred by sea in consequence or apprehension of enemy action.
15 Any organisation of car drivers or messengers established and maintained by a Government Department in connection with any civil defence purpose and consisting only of unpaid members.
16 Any organisation established and maintained by the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee for the purpose of protecting the public from animals becoming panic-stricken or contaminated with gas as a result of enemy action.
17 The organisations known as—
1 The Auxiliary Fire Service (for the period prior to the establishment of the National Fire Service).
2 The National Fire Service.
3 The Civil Defence Reserve.
3 The Civil Defence Reserve.
4 The Kent County Civil Defence Mobile Reserve.
5 The West Sussex County Civil Defence Mobile Reserve.
6 The Police War Reserve (up to and including 31st March 1945).
7 The Women's Auxiliary Police Corps (up to and including 31st March 1945).
8 The Police Auxiliary Messenger Service.
9 The Royal Marine Police Special Reserve.
10 The Royal Observer Corps.
11 The Emergency Medical Service.
12 The Civil Nursing Reserve.
13 The Port of London Authority River Emergency Service.
18 (1) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) “civil defence functions”, in relation to a local authority, means any functions in connection with civil defence which were conferred or imposed on that authority in their capacity as such by the Civil Defence Acts 1937 and 1939, or by any regulation made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts 1939 and 1940 or which were or could have been conferred or imposed on that authority in that capacity under the Civil Defence Act 1937 and 1939, or under any such regulation;
, c.45.
(b) “commercial building”, “factory premises” and “mine” have the same meanings respectively as they have in section 23 of the Civil Defence Act 1939;
(c) “employer” means any person who employed more than 30 persons in any commercial building or factory premises or in or about any mine, and “group of employers” means any person who between them employed more than 30 persons in the same commercial building or in adjacent premises which either were factory premises or would have been factory premises if more than 30 persons worked therein;
(d) “evacuation plan” means a plan prepared by or on behalf of a Government Department for the transference in the event of enemy action or the apprehension of enemy action of members of the civil population from one area to another;
(e) “general premises” means any premises but does not include premises which were wholly or mainly used or, so far as unoccupied, intended to be used, for the purposes of private residence unless they were so designed as to accommodate at least 50 residents;
(f) “hospital” means any hospital comprised in any arrangements made by the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State under section 50(1)(a) of the Civil Defence Act 1939;
(g) “maintained” means maintained at any time during the period of the emergency;
(h) “protective scheme”, in relation to any organisation, means a scheme for protecting from enemy action or from the consequences of enemy action the following premises or persons, that is to say—
(i) in the case of an organisation established by a Government Department, the premises occupied by or for the purposes of that Department, or any persons in or about those premises;
(ii) in the case of an organisation established by public utility undertakers, the premises of those undertakers or any persons in or about those premises;
(iii) in the case of an organisation established by an employer or by a group of employers, the building, premises or mine in or about which more than 30 persons were employed by that employer or group of employers, or any persons in or about that building, those premises or that mine;
(iv) in the case of an organisation established by any person having an interest in, or the control or management of, any general premises, those premises or any persons in or about those premises;
(i) “public utility undertakers” has the meaning assigned to it by section 90(1) of the Civil Defence Act 1939;
(j) “residential premises” means any premises occupied wholly or mainly for residential purposes including premises occupied as a hotel, boarding house or lodging house: Provided that the expression shall not be deemed to include—
(i) any premises occupied partly as a shop or farm; or
(ii) any premises occupied as a hotel, boarding house or lodging house in which more than 5 persons, including the occupier and members of his family, were employed or occupied in the business of the hotel, boarding house or lodging house;
(k) “specified service”, in relation to any such organisation as is described in paragraph 1 of this Schedule, means any of the following services—
(i) control and report service;
(ii) air-raid warden (including shelter warden) service;
(iii) fire guard service;
(iv) first aid, casualty or ambulance service;
(v) rescue service;
(vi) gas identification service;
(vii) decontamination service;
(viii) messenger service;
(ix) instructor service;
(x) medical and nursing service for public air-raid shelters;
and, in relation to any such organisation as is described in paragraph 6 of this Schedule, means any of the services mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) to (viii) inclusive of this sub-paragraph and, in addition—
(xi) fire service;
(xii) raid spotter service; and
(xiii) key-men service, that is to say, the service performed by persons who, in the event of enemy action, were charged with the duty of turning off gas, electricity or water or attending to boilers or other vital plant or machinery.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, members of an organisation shall be treated as unpaid notwithstanding that, in consideration of the performance of their duties as members of that organisation, they were provided with their board and lodging or received a subsistence allowance or had their expenses or insurance contributions paid or any loss of wages or other emoluments made good to them.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph 6 of this Schedule, a local education authority shall be deemed to have had an interest in the premises of a public elementary school maintained by them, whether provided by them or not.
(4) The reference in paragraph 7 of this Schedule to a fire guard service shall, in relation to such arrangements as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph, be construed as including a reference to any service included in those arrangements under Part III of the Fireguard (Business and Government Premises) Order 1943.
19 In the application of this Schedule to Northern Ireland—
(a) any reference to a Government Department shall be construed as including a reference to a Department of the Government of Northern Ireland;
(b) any reference to the Minister of Health or the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Ministry of Public Security or the Ministry of Home Affairs;
(c) any reference to the Civil Defence Acts 1937 and 1939 shall be construed as a reference to the Civil Defence Acts (Northern Ireland) 1938 and 1939;
(d) references to sections 23, 50(1)(a) and 90(1) of the Civil Defence Act 1939 shall be construed respectively as references to sections 21, 43(1)(a) and 74(1) of the Civil Defence Act (Northern Ireland) 1939;
(e) the reference in paragraph 16 to any organisation established and maintained by the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee shall be construed as a reference to any organisation established and maintained in Northern Ireland with the approval of the Ministry of Public Security or the Ministry of Home Affairs for the purpose set out in paragraph 16;
(f) references to the Emergency Medical Service, the Civil Nursing Reserve and the National Fire Service shall be construed respectively as references to the Emergency Medical Service for Northern Ireland, the Civil Nursing Reserve for Northern Ireland and the National Fire Service (Northern Ireland);
(g) in paragraph 18(1)(c) and (h) for the figures “30” in every place where they appear there shall be substituted the figures “20”;
(h) in paragraph 18(3) for the words “a local education authority” there shall be substituted the words “an education authority”.

SCHEDULE 2 ASSESSMENT OF DISABLEMENT CAUSED BY SPECIFIED INJURIES AND OF CERTAIN OTHER DISABLEMENTS
Article 10
Description of Injury	Assessment
Amputation Cases—Upper Limbs	per cent.
Loss of both hands or amputation at higher sites	100
Forequarter amputation	100
Amputation through shoulder joint	90
Amputation below shoulder with stump less than 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion	80
Amputation from 20.5 centimetres from tip of acromion to less than 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon	70
Amputation from 11.5 centimetres below tip of olecranon	60
Loss of thumb	30
Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone	40
Loss of 4 fingers	50
Loss of 3 fingers	30
Loss of 2 fingers	20
Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb	20
Description of Injury	Assessment
Amputation Cases—Lower Limbs	per cent.
Double amputation through thigh, or through thigh on one side and loss of other foot, or double amputation below thigh to 13 centimetres below knee	100
Double amputation through leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee	100
Amputation of one leg lower than 13 centimetres below knee and loss of other foot	100
Amputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps	90
Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint	80
Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint	40
Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint	30
Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint	20
Hindquarter amputation	100
Amputation through hip joint	90
Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter	80
Amputation below hip and above knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres in length measured from tip of great trochanter, or at knee not resulting in end-bearing stump	70
Amputation at knee resulting in end-bearing stump, or below knee with stump not exceeding 9 centimetres	60
Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 9 centimetres but not exceeding 13 centimetres	50
Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 13 centimetres	40
Amputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing stump	30
Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal joint	30
Loss of all toes of one foot proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint, including amputations through the metatarso-phalangeal joint	20
Other Specific Injuries	per cent.
Loss of a hand and a foot	100
Loss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal	40
Loss of vision of one eye, without complications or disfigurement of the eyeball, the other being normal	30
Loss of sight	100
Other Disablements	per cent.
Very severe facial disfigurement	100
Absolute deafness	100
NOTE.—Where the scheduled assessment for a specified injury involving multiple losses differs from the sum of the assessments for the seperate injuries, the former is the appropriate assessment.

SCHEDULE 3 RATES OF PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DISABLEMENT
Article 11
Description of Pension or Allowance	Rate
1. Pension for 100 per cent. disablement under Article 11	£53.60 per week
2. Education allowance under Article 13	£120.00 per annum
3. Constant attendance allowance—
(a) under the proviso to Article 14	£43.00 per week
(b) in any other case under that Article	£21.50 per week
4. Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under Article 15	£21.50 per week
5. Severe disablement occupational allowance under Article 16	£10.75 per week
6. Allowance for wear and tear of clothing—
(a) under Article 17(1)(a)	£46.00 per annum
(b) under Article 17(1)(b) and 17(2)	£72.00 per annum
7. Unemployability allowances—
(a) personal allowance under Article 18(1)(i)	£34.85 per week
(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of—
(i) increase of allowance in respect of a wife or a dependant husband under Article 18(5)(b)	£19.70 per week
(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under Article 18(5)(c)	£19.70 per week
(iii) increase of allowance in respect of each child under Article 18(5)(d)	£7.95 per week
8. Invalidity allowance payable under Article 19—
(a) if—
(i) the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; or (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	£6.90 per week
(b) if— (i) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the age of 45; or (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	£4.40 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	£2.20 per week
9. Comforts allowance—
(a) under Article 20(1)(a)	£9.30 per week
(b) under Article 20(1)(b) or 45(1)	£4.65 per week
10. Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under Article 21	£21.44 per week
11. Age allowance under Article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is—
(a) 40 or 50 per cent	£3.70 per week
(b) 60 or 70 per cent	£5.85 per week
(c) 80 or 90 per cent	£8.35 per week
(d) 100 per cent	£11.70 per week
12. Treatment allowances—increase of personal allowance under Article 23(2)	£11.70 per week
13. Part-time treatment allowance under Article 25	£19.00 per day
maximum.

SCHEDULE 4 RATES OF PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DEATH
Article 27
Description of Pension or Allowance	Rate
1. Pension to widow—
(a) under Article 27(1)	£42.70 per week
(b) under Article 27(2)	£9.86 per week
2. Rent allowance under Article 28	£16.25 per week
3. Allowance under Article 29 or 50 to an elderly widow—
(a) if age 65 but under age 70	£4.15 per week
(b) if age 70 or over	£8.30 per week
4. Pension under Article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as wife	£1.00 per week
5. Pension to dependant widower Article 32	£42.70 per week
6. Allowances under Article 33 in respect of each child under the age of 15	£11.25 per week
7. Pensions under Article 34(1) to motherless or fatherless children under the age of 15	£12.15 per week
8. Pension or allowance under Article 35(3) to or in respect of a child over the age of 15—
(a) where the child has attained the age of 18 and is incapable of self-support by reason of an infirmity which arose before he attained the age of 15	£32.85 per week
(b) any other case	£12.15 per week
9. Education allowance under Article 36	£120.00 per annum
10. Pensions to parents—
(a) minimum rate under Article 38(4)	£0.25 per week
(b) maximum rate under Article 38(4)—
(i) where there is only one eligible parent	£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)—
(i) where there is only one eligible parent	£0.38 per week
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent	£0.62 per week
11. Pensions to other dependants—
(a) for each juvenile dependant under Article 39(4)	£0.30 per week
(b) aggregate rate under Article 39(4)	£1.00 per week
(c) under Article 39(5)	£1.00 per week
12. Funeral Grant under Article 40(1)	£30.00
maximum.
maximum

SCHEDULE 5 COMMENCING DATES OF AWARDS OF PENSION
Article 74
1 Except in so far as the Secretary of State may otherwise direct with respect to any particular case or class of case, payment of a pension in respect of disablement or, as the case may be, death, including payment of an increase in the rate of a pension on account of an increased assessment of the degree of disablement, shall not be made in respect of any period preceding:
(a) in the case of an application for the award of a pension as a result of which a pension is awarded—
Item	Circumstances applicable	Time limit for application for pension	Day before which payment of pension not to be made
(i)	where application by disabled person	time limit in Article 54(2)	the day following date disabled person ceases whole-time service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
(ii)	where application in respect of a person's death	time limit in Article 54(3)	the day following date of death.
(iii)	where circumstances in either (i) or (ii) above apply	application not made within time limit in (i) or (ii) above as the case may be	the date of the application for pension.
(b) subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule, in the case of:
an appeal under section 3, 4 or 6(2) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (appeal to and from Pensions Appeal Tribunal), or
a review under Article 76 or under section 6(2C) of the 1943 Act (review following order under section 6(2A) of the 1943 Act for a rehearing of an appeal by a Pensions Appeal Tribunal)
as a result of which appeal or review a pension is awarded or, as the case may be, restored—
Item	Circumstances applicable	Time limit for application for pension	In all appeal cases and section 6(2C) reviews the appeal to Pensions Appeal Tribunal commenced, orin other review cases application for review, or where no such application, date Secretary of State first decided there should be a review	Day before which payment of pension not to be made
(i)	where application by disabled person	time limit in Article 54(2)	within 3 months of date of notification of rejection of application or of notification of withholding or reduction under Article 6	the day following date disabled person ceases whole-time service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown.
(ii)	where application in respect of a person's death	time limit in Article 54(3)	within 3 months of date of notification of rejection of claim or of notification of withholding or reduction under Article 6	the day following date of death.
(iii)	where circumstances in either (i) or (ii) above apply	application not made within time limit in (i) or (ii) above as the case may be	appeal or review not made within periods in (i) or (ii) above as the case may be	in all appeal cases and section 6(2C) reviews the date appeal under section 3 or 4 1943 Act commenced; in other review cases the date of application for review, or where no such application, the date the Secretary of State first decided there should be a review.
This Act was amended and modified by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1949 (c. 12); sections 5 and 6 were amended by section 23 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44), Sections 5 and 6 were also amended by section 16 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), and section 6 was also amended by section 43 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24).
(c) in the case of an appeal under section 5 of the 1943 Act as a result of which the claim to the continuance or resumption of the payment of the pension is accepted or the rate of pension is increased—
Item	Circumstances applicable	Day before which payment of a pension not to be made
(i)	where such appeal is commenced within time prescribed by the said Act	the date of commencement of assessment of degree of disablement.
(ii)	where circumstances in (i) above do not apply	the date of commencement of such an appeal.
(d) in the case of a review under article 76 of an assessment as a result of which the rate of pension is increased—
Item	Circumstances applicable	Day before which payment of a pension not to be made
(i)	where date review is applied for or, if there is no application for review, date Secretary of State first decided that there should be a review is within 3 months of notification of interim assessment, or 12 months in the case of final assessment	the date of commencement of assessment of degree of disablement.
(ii)	where circumstances in (i) above do not apply	the date of application for review, or if no such application, the date the Secretary of State first decided that there should be a review.
2 Except in so far as the Secretary of State may otherwise direct with respect to any particular case or class of case, in a case referred to in paragraph 1(b) of this Schedule where following—
(a) an appeal under section 6(2) of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (appeal from Pensions Appeal Tribunal), or
(b) an order under section 6(2A) of that Act (joint application), or
(c) an order for a rehearing of an appeal made on directions given under rules made under paragraph 5 of the Schedule to that Act,
an appeal under section 3 or 4 of that Act has been reheard, the payment of a pension shall not be made in respect of any period preceding the date 6 years prior to the date (as the case may be) of the successful application for leave to appeal under section 6(2), the application under section 6(2A) which resulted in the order under that section, or the application for directions which resulted in the order for a rehearing.
3 Except in so far as the Secretary of State may otherwise direct with respect to any particular case or class of case—
(a) in the case of an appeal under section 6(2) of the 1943 Act (appeal from Pensions Appeal Tribunal) as a result of which appeal a pension is awarded or restored, the payment of a pension shall not be made in respect of any period preceding the date 6 years prior to the date of the successful application for leave to appeal under section 6(2), and
(b) in the case of a review under section 6(2C) of the 1943 Act as a result of which a pension is awarded or restored, the payment of a pension shall not be made in respect of any period preceding the date 6 years prior to the date of the application under section 6(2A) of the 1943 Act which resulted in the order for a rehearing of an appeal by a Pensions Appeal Tribunal.
4 In this Schedule the expression “pension” shall have the same meaning as in Article 53.

SCHEDULE 6 REVOCATIONS
Article 81
Schemes revoked	References
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1976	SI 1976/585
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 1976	SI 1976/1167
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1977	SI 1977/404
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 1977	SI 1977/1640
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 1978	SI 1978/384
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1978	SI 1978/1426
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1979	SI 1979/270
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1979	SI 1979/1232
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1980	SI 1980/1102
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1980	SI 1980/1103
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 3) Scheme 1980	SI 1980/1950
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1981	SI 1981/1143
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1981	SI 1981/1678
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1982	SI 1982/810
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1982	SI 1982/1047