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The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1995


Published: 1995-03-30

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Statutory Instruments
1995 No. 979

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION
The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1995

Made
30th March 1995

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

1.—(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation (Amendment) Scheme 1995.

(2) The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1994 and this Scheme may be cited together as the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1995.

2.  In paragraph (3) of the Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Scheme 1914(3), for the figures “£98.90”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the figures “£101.10”.

3.  This Scheme shall have effect as from 10th April 1995, so, however, that no payment shall be made thereunder in respect of any period before that date.

Roger Freeman
Christopher France
Members of the Defence Council

We consent,

Timothy Wood
Derek Conway
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
30th March 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)
The Injuries in War (Shore Employments) Compensation Schemes 1914 to 1994 provide for the payment of weekly allowances to ex–members of the women’s auxiliary forces who suffered disablement from their services overseas during the 1914 to 1918 war.
This amending Scheme provides that the maximum weekly allowance shall be increased from £98.90 to £101.10. The increase will take effect on 10th April 1995.


(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.