PART II

ALLOWANCES

Major incapacity allowances under scheme
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1
Subject to the following provisions of this scheme, a major incapacity allowance shall be payable out of money provided by Parliament to a person who is or has since 5th July 1956 been entitled to weekly payments by way of workmen's compensation—
a
in respect of any injury or disease other than pneumoconiosis or byssinosis if he is as a result of that injury or disease totally incapable of work and likely to remain so for a considerable period; or
b
in respect of pneumoconiosis if he is certified under a compensation scheme or is determined in accordance with article 14 of this scheme, to be totally disabled; or
c
in respect of byssinosis; or
d
in respect of 2 or more injuries or diseases such as are mentioned in the 3 foregoing sub-paragraphs, if he is as the joint result of those injuries or diseases totally incapable of work and likely to remain so for a considerable period;
so long as he is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.
2
The weekly rate of a major incapacity allowance payable to a person shall be the corresponding disablement pension rate ....
3
For the purposes of this article an allowance payable by virtue of any scheme under the 1951 Act in force immediately before 1st March 1966 shall be treated as a weekly payment by way of workmen's compensation.
Words in art. 4(2) revoked (6.4.1987) by The Workmens Compensation (Supplementation) Amendment Scheme 1987 (S.I. 1987/419), arts. 1, 2(1)(a), with 2(2)
Words in art. 4(1) substituted (9.1.1991) by The Workmens Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) and the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1990 (S.I. 1990/2538), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)