Rate of industrial injuries disablement benefit and industrial death benefit and date on which changes take effect
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1
The sums specified in Part V of schedule 4 (rates of industrial injuries benefit) of the 1992 Act are increased so that Part V has effect as set out in the schedule of this Order.
2
The increases made by paragraph (1) take effect on 12 April 2021 except those set out in—
a
entry 1 in the table set out in the schedule (the weekly rates of disablement pension),
b
entry 4 in the table set out in the schedule (the maximum of the aggregate of weekly benefit payable for successive accidents under section 107(1) of the 1992 Act),
c
entries 7, 8 and 12 in the table set out in the schedule (increases in disablement pension and industrial death benefit in respect of dependants),
d
entry 9 in the table set out in the schedule (the maximum disablement gratuity under paragraph 9(2) of schedule 7 of the 1992 Act), and
e
entries 10 and 11 in the table set out in the schedule (industrial death benefit by way of widow’s and widower’s pension),
which take effect on 14 April 2021.
Part V of schedule 4 is relevantly amended by section 65(2) and (3) and of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5), paragraph 15(3) of schedule 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c.6), S.I. 2012/780, S.I. 2014/516, S.I. 2018/281 and S.I. 2019/480.