Basis on which compensation is to be calculated.
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1
The amount of compensation payable under an award shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme.
2
Provision shall be made for—
a
a standard amount of compensation, determined by reference to the nature of the injury;
b
in such cases as may be specified, an additional amount of compensation calculated with respect to loss of earnings;
c
in such cases as may be specified, an additional amount of compensation calculated with respect to special expenses; and
d
in cases of fatal injury, such additional amounts as may be specified or otherwise determined in accordance with the Scheme.
3
Provision shall be made for the standard amount to be determined—
a
in accordance with a table (“the Tariff”) prepared by the Secretary of State as part of the Scheme and such other provisions of the Scheme as may be relevant; or
b
where no provision is made in the Tariff with respect to the injury in question, in accordance with such provisions of the Scheme as may be relevant.
4
The Tariff shall show, in respect of each description of injury mentioned in the Tariff, the standard amount of compensation payable in respect of that description of injury.
5
An injury may be described in the Tariff in such a way, including by reference to the nature of the injury, its severity or the circumstances in which it was sustained, as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
6
The Secretary of State may at any time alter the Tariff—
a
by adding to the descriptions of injury mentioned there;
b
by removing a description of injury;
c
by increasing or reducing the amount shown as the standard amount of compensation payable in respect of a particular description of injury; or
d
in such other way as he considers appropriate.
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The Scheme may—
a
provide for amounts of compensation not to exceed such maximum amounts as may be specified;
b
include such transitional provision with respect to any alteration of its provisions relating to compensation as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.