Statutory Instruments
1991 No. 708
PENSIONS
The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1991
Made 18th March 1991
Laid before Parliament 18th March 1991
Coming into force 8th April 1991

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the approval of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:
1939 c. 82.
See Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953 (S.I. 1953/1198), article 2: Ministry of Social Security Act 1 966 (c.20), section 2; Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), article 2.

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1991 and shall come into force on 8th April 1991.
(2) In this Scheme, the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983.
S.I. 1983/686, as amended by S.I. 1983/1164, 1540, 1984/1289, 1675, 1985/1313, 1986/628, 1987/191, 1988/367, 2260, 1989/415 and 1990/535, 1300.

Amendment of article 18 of the principal Scheme
2. In article 18 of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount “£1,820” there shall be substituted the amount “£2,028”.

Substitution of Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme
3. For Schedules 3 and 4 to the principal Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect of disablement and death) there shall respectively be substituted the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Scheme and numbered 3 and 4.

Amendment to article 25A of the principal Scheme
4. For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of article 25A there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a) disablement as a result of the amputation of both legs, at levels which are either through or above the ankle; or”

Article 25A was inserted by article 3 of S.I. 1983/1164.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Henley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
13th March 1991
We approve,
Thomas Sackville
Irvine Patnick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th March 1991

SCHEDULE SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED IN THE PRINCIPAL SCHEME
Article 3

“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.	£84.90 per week
2. Education allowance under article 13	£120.00 Maximum.
3. Constant attendance allowance— (a) under the proviso of article 14	£68.00
(b) in any other case under that article	£34.00
4. Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15	£34.00 per week
5. Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16	£17.00 per week
6. Allowance for wear and tear of clothing— (a) under article 17(1)(a)	£73.00 per annum
(b) under article 17(1)(b) and (2)	£115.00 per annum
7. Unemployability allowances— (a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(i)	£55.25 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)	£31.25
(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under article 18(5)(c)	£31.25
(iii) increase of allowance under Article 18(5)(d)— (a) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child	£9.70 per week
(b) in respect of each other child	£10.70 per week
(c) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act	£10.70 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	£11.10 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 alowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979	£6.90 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	£3.45 per week
9. Comforts allowance— (a) under article 20(1)(a)	£14.60 per week
(b) under article 20(1)(b) or 45(1)	£7.30 per week
10. Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21	£33.96
11. Age allowance under Article 22 where the degree of pensionable disablement is— (a) 40 or 50 per cent.	£6.00 per week
(b) 60 or 70 per cent.	£9.25 per week
(c) 80 or 90 per cent.	£13.25 per week
(d) 100 percent.	£18.50 per week
12. Treatment allowances—increase of personal allowance under article 23(2)	£18.50
13. Part-time treatment allowance under article 25	£35.30 per day
14. Mobility supplement under article 25A	£32.35 per week

SCHEDULE 4 RATES OF PENSION AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DEATH
Article 27
Description of Pension or Allowance	Rate
1. Pension to widow— (a) under article 27(1)	£67.60 per week
(b) under article 27(2)	£15.60 per week
2. Rent allowance under article 28	£25.75 Maximum.
3. Allowance under article 29 or 50 to an elderly surviving spouse— (a) if aged 65 but under age 70	£7.75 per week
(b) if aged 70 but under age 80	£14.95 per week
(c) if age 80 or over	£22.20 per week
4. Pension under article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as spouse	£1.00
5. Pension to dependent widower under article 32	£67.60
6. Allowance under article 33 in respect of each child under the age of 15— (i) in respect of the only, elder, or eldest child	£13.65 per week
(ii) in respect of each other child	£14.65 per week
(iii) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act	£14.65 per week
7. Pension under article 34( 1) to a motherless or fatherless child under the age of 15— (i) in respect of the only, elder, or eldest child	£15.10 per week
(ii) in respect of each other child	£16.10 per week
(iii) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act	£16.10 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 reasons of an infirmity which arose before he attained the age of 15	£52.00
(b) any other case (i) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child	£15.10
(ii) in respect of each other child	£16.10
(iii) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act	£16.10
9. Education allowance under article 36	£120.00
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
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent	£0.62
11. Pensions to other dependants— (a) for each juvenile dependant under article 39(4)	£0.30
(b) aggregate rate under article 39(4)	£1.00
(c) under article 39(5)	£1.00”

(This note is not part of the Scheme)
This Scheme further amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (“the principal Scheme”) which makes provision for the payment of pensions and allowances to or in respect of civilians who were killed or injured in the 1939-45 war.
This Scheme raises the maximum amount of annual earnings which may be received by a disabled person while he is deemed to be unemployable for the purposes of unemployability allowances under article 18 of the principal Scheme, and varies the rates of pensions and allowances in respect of disablement and death in the 1939-45 war (articles 2 and 3 and the Schedule).
This Scheme extends the provisions in article 25A of the principal Scheme (mobility supplement) so as to enable a person receiving a pension under that Scheme because of a disablement to receive also a mobility supplement where he has suffered an amputation of both legs at levels which are either through or above the ankle (article 4).