The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 581

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION

The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1998

Made

6th March 1998

The Defence Council, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2)(1) and now vested in them(2), hereby make the following Scheme:

1.—(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1998.

(2) The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1997 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1998.

2.  In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914(3) for “£107.20”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “£111.10”.

3.  This Scheme shall have effect as from 6th April 1998, so, however, that no payment shall be made under it in respect of any period before that date.

Richard Mottram

Lord Gilbert

Members of the Defence Council

4th March 1998

We consent,

Graham Allen

Bob Ainsworth

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

6th March 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the scheme)

The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1997 provide for the payment of weekly allowances to ex-members of the women’s auxiliary forces who suffered disablement from their service overseas during the 1914 to 1918 war.

This amending Scheme provides that the maximum weekly allowance shall be increased from £107.20 to £111.10. The increase will take effect on 6th April 1998.

(1)

1914 c. 18 (5 & 6 Geo 5).

(2)

S.I. 1964/488.

(3)

Amended by S.I. 1949/2285, 1953/699, 1955/1974, 1958/1003, 1961/1246, 1964/40, 1965/1621, 1969/1053, 1969/1861, 1971/1987, 1972/1280, 1973/1635, 1974/1104, 1975/265, 1975/1696, 1976/1461, 1977/1836, 1978/1629, 1979/1506, 1980/1731, 1981/1475, 1983/756, 1983/1713, 1985/299, 1985/1566, 1986/1095, 1987/529, 1988/624, 1989/420, 1990/946, 1991/911, 1993/807, 1993/1192, 1994/1012, 1995/979, 1996/573 and 1997/477.