Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1990 and shall come into force on 25th July 1990.

(2) In this Scheme, the expression "the principal Scheme" means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(2).

Amendment of Article 25A of the principal Scheme

2.-(1) Article 25A of the principal Scheme (mobility supplement) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.

(2) After sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph:

"(d)disablement as a result of his being both blind and deaf where by reason of the effects of those conditions in combination with each other he is unable, without the assistance of another person, to walk to any intended or required destination while out of doors.".

(3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph-

"(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) a person is-

(a)blind only where the degree of disablement resulting from loss of vision has been assessed in accordance with Article 10 as amounting to more than 80 per cent.;

(b)deaf only where the degree of disablement resulting from loss of hearing has been assessed in accordance with Article 10 as amounting to not less than 80 per cent.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Scheme)

This Scheme extends the provisions relating to mobility supplement in Article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 ("the principal Scheme"), inserted by the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/1164). It enables a person who is receiving a pension under the principal Scheme because of disablement arising from being both blind and deaf, to qualify for mobility supplement where, by reason of the combined effects of being blind and deaf, he is unable without the assistance of another person to walk to any intended or required destination while out of doors.