
1 

(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal
Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1985 and shall come into operation on
25th November 1985.
(2) In this Scheme the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries
(Civilians) Scheme 1983.
2 
In paragraph (23) of Article 2
of the principal Scheme (definitions)–
(a) in sub-paragraph
(a)(ii) after the word “thing;”
 there shall be inserted the word “or”;

(b) in sub-paragraph
(b) for the words “or any person”
 there shall be substituted the words “on any person”
.
3 
In Article 18
of the principal Scheme (unemployability allowances)–
(a) in paragraph
(2) for the amount “£1222”
 there shall be substituted the amount “£1300”
;
(b) after paragraph
(2) there shall be inserted the following new
paragraph:–“
(2A) A disabled person
shall not be eligible for any award under this Article in respect of a period
in which he is over pensionable age unless, on the relevant day, he was unemployable
by reason of pensioned disablement.”;
(c) after paragraph
(6) there shall be added the following new
paragraph:–“
(7) In this Article–

(a) “pensionable
age” means – 
(i) in the case of the disabled person being a man, the
age of 65, or

(ii) in the case of the disabled
person being a woman, the age of 60;
(b) “pensioned
disablement” means disablement
in respect of which the disabled person was, or would, if he had claimed it,
have been, in receipt of a pension under Article
11 on the relevant day;
(c) “the
relevant day” means – 
(i) the day immediately preceding that on which
the disabled person attained pensionable age, or

(ii) the day immediately following
that on which the disabled person was last engaged in work from which he derived
earnings in excess of the figure for the time being specified in 
paragraph (2),
 whichever is the later.”
4 
In Article 21
of the principal Scheme (allowance for lowered standard of occupation) after 
paragraph (3) there shall be added the following
new paragraphs:–“
(4) A disabled person shall
not be eligible for an award under this Article in respect of a period in
which he is over pensionable age unless, on the relevant day, his pensioned
disablement was such as to render him incapable, and likely to remain permanently
incapable, of following his regular occupation, and incapable of following
any other occupation which was of an equivalent standard and was suitable
in his case.

(5) In this Article–
(a) “pensionable
age” means – 
(i) in the case of the disabled person being a man, the
age of 65, or

(ii) in the case of the disabled
person being a woman, the age of 60;
(b) “qualifying
disablement” means disablement
in respect of which the disabled person had, on or before the relevant day,
been awarded a pension under Article 11,
or would have been awarded such a pension had he claimed it;
(c) “the
relevant day” means – 
(i) the day immediately preceding that on which
the disabled person attained pensionable age, or

(ii) the day immediately following
that on which the disabled person was last engaged in remunerative work,
  whichever is the later.”
5 
In Article 76
of the principal Scheme (review of decisions, assessments and awards)–

(a) in paragraph
(2) for the words “Subject as
aforesaid” there shall be substituted the words “Subject
to the provisions of paragraphs (3), 
(4), (7) and 
(8)”;
(b) after paragraph
(7) there shall be added the following new
paragraph:–“
(8) Where a disabled person
has attained the age of 65, in the case of that person being a man, or 60,
in the case of that person being a woman, paragraph
(2)(b) shall not apply so as to enable an award
of allowance for lowered standard of occupation under 
Article 21 to be reviewed on the ground that
the rate of the disabled person's earnings has, or would, in his regular occupation,
have, changed since the date of the award.”
6 
In Article 78(1)
of the principal Scheme (power to dispense with probate) for 
paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the
following paragraph:–“
(1) Where a person to whom
any payment could have been made under this Scheme before his death dies before
the payment is made, and the amount unpaid does not exceed £5,000, the
amount so unpaid may be paid to the personal representative or, in Scotland,
the executor of the deceased person without probate, confirmation or other
proof of title, or may be paid or distributed to or among the persons appearing
to the Secretary of State to be the persons beneficially entitled to the personal
estate of the deceased person, or, in Scotland, the persons entitled to the
moveable estate of the deceased person, or to or among any one or more of
those persons, and, in determining the persons to whom and the proportions
in which the amount so unpaid shall be paid or distributed, the Secretary
of State may have regard to any payments made or expenses incurred by any
such person for or on account of the funeral of the deceased person.”
7 
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
hereto and numbered 3 and 4.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Trumpington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department of Health and Social Security
1st August 1985We approve.
John Major
Donald Thompson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
15th August 1985
SCHEDULE
Article 7

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SCHEDULE 3
Article 11


Description of Pension
or Allowance 
Rate

1. Pension for 100 per cent. disablement under 
Article 11 
£62.50 per week
2. Education
allowance under Article 13 £120 per annum
3. Constant attendance allowance–

(a) under the proviso to 
Article 14 
£50 per week
(b) in any other case under that Article £25 per week
4. Exceptionally severe disablement allowance
under Article 15 £25 per week
5. Severe disablement occupational allowance under 
Article 16 
£12.50 per week
6. Allowance
for wear and tear of clothing–
(a) under Article 17(1)(a) £54 per annum
(b) under Article 17(1)(b)
 and 17(2) £85 per annum
7. Unemployability allowances–
(a) personal allowance under 
Article 18(1)(i) £40.65 per week

(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of–
(i) increase of allowance in respect of a wife
or a husband under Article 18(5)(b) £23 per week
(ii) allowance in respect of an adult
dependant under Article 18(5)(c) £23 per week
(iii) increase of allowance in respect
of each child under Article 18(5)(d) £8.05 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 £8.05 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 allowance is to relate
begins on or after 6th April 1979 £5.10
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 £2.55 per week

9. Comforts allowance–

(a) under Article 20(1)(a) £10.80 per week
(b) under Article 20(1)(b)
 or 45(1) £5.40 per week
10. Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under Article

21 £25 per week
11. Age allowance under 
Article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement
is–
(a) 40 or 50 per
cent £4.35 per week
(b) 60 or 70 per cent £6.80 per week
(c) 80 or 90 per cent £9.75
per week
(d) 100 per cent
 £13.60 per week
12. Treatment allowances—increase of personal
allowance under Article 23(2) £13.60 per week
13. Part-time treatment allowance under 
Article 25 
£22.50 per day
14. Mobility supplement under 
Article 25A 
£23.80 per week
SCHEDULE 4
Article 27


Description of Pension
or Allowance 
Rate

1. Pension to widow–

(a) under Article 27(1) £49.80 per week
(b) under Article 27(2)
 £11.49
per week
2. Rent allowance
under Article 28 £18.95 per week
3. Allowance under 
Article 29 or 50
to an elderly surviving spouse–
(a) if age 65 but under 70 
£5.35 per week
(b) if
age 70 but under age 80 £10.70
per week
(c) if age 80 or
over £13.40 per week
4. Pension under 
Article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived
as spouse £1 per week
5.
Pension to dependent widower under Article 32
 £49.80
per week
6. Allowances under Article
33 in respect of each child under the age of
15 £11.55 per week
7. Pensions under 
Article 34(1) to motherless or fatherless children
under the age of 15 £12.60 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 reason of an infirmity which arose before
he attained the age of 15 £38.30
per week
(b) any other case 
£12.60 per week
9. Education allowance under 
Article 36 
£120 per annum
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 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 per week
(ii) where there is more than one eligible
parent £0.62 per week
11.
Pensions to other dependants–
(a) for each juvenile dependant under 
Article 39(4) 
£0.30 per week
(b) aggregate rate under 
Article 39(4) 
£1 per week
(c) under Article
39(5) 
£1 per week
12. Funeral Grant under 
Article 40(1) 
£30.”
