War Pensions Amendment Act 1968
War Pensions Amendment Act 1968
War Pensions Amendment Act 1968
War Pensions Amendment Act 1968
Public Act |
1968 No 56 |
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Date of assent |
12 December 1968 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the War Pensions Act 1954
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the War Pensions Amendment Act 1968, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the War Pensions Act 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 New Part inserted
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after Part I, the following new Part:
“PART Ia “War Pensions Medical Research Trust
“18a Interpretation
In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
‘Board’ means the War Pensions Medical Research Trust Board established under section 18b of this Act:
‘Fund’ means the War Pensions Medical Research Trust Fund established under section 18i of this Act.
“18b War Pensions Medical Research Trust Board
“(1)
There is hereby established a Board, to be known as the War Pensions Medical Research Trust Board.
“(2)
The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may hold real and personal property, and sue and be sued, and do and suffer all such acts and things as bodies corporate may lawfully do and suffer.
“18c Membership of Board
“(1)
The Board shall consist of—
“(a)
The Minister, who shall be the Chairman:
“(b)
The Secretary:
“(c)
The Secretary to the Treasury:
“(d)
The Director-General of Health:
“(e)
One member to be appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the Medical Research Council of New Zealand:
“(f)
One member to be appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the New Zealand Returned Services’ Association (Incorporated).
“(2)
Subject to section 18d of this Act, the appointed members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three years, and shall be eligible for reappointment from time to time.
“(3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, every appointed member of the Board shall, unless he sooner vacates office under section 18d of this Act, continue in office until his successor comes into office.
“18d Extraordinary vacancies
“(1)
Any appointed member of the Board may at any time be removed from office by the Minister for disability, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Minister, or may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the Minister.
“(2)
When the office of any appointed member of the Board becomes vacant by death, resignation, or removal from office, the vacancy so created shall as soon as practicable be filled in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was originally made. Every person so appointed shall hold office for the residue of the term for which his predecessor would have held office if the vacancy had not occurred.
“(3)
The powers of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership.
“18e Meetings of Board
“(1)
Meetings of the Board shall be held at such times and places as the Board or the Chairman of the Board may from time to time appoint.
“(2)
At any meeting of the Board three members shall form a quorum.
“(3)
The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the Board at which he is present. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting. The person so appointed shall have and may exercise and perform in any such case all the powers and functions of the Chairman for the purposes of the meeting.
“(4)
At any meeting of the Board the person presiding shall have a deliberative vote, and, in the case of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.
“(5)
Every question before any meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on it.
“(6)
In the absence from any meeting of any member of the Board, other than the Minister or an appointed member, he may authorise any other officer of his Department to attend the meeting in his place. While any such officer is attending a meeting under this subsection he shall be deemed for all purposes to be a member of the Board. The fact that any person attends and acts as such a member shall be sufficient evidence of his authority to do so in the absence of proof to the contrary.
“(7)
In the absence from any meeting of an appointed member of the Board, the Minister may, with the concurrence of the organisation that nominated the absent member, authorise any other person to attend the meeting in the member’s place. While any such person is attending a meeting under this subsection he shall be deemed for all purposes to be a member of the Board.
“(8)
Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act and subject to the rules of the Board made under section 18f of this Act, the Board may regulate its own procedure.
“18f Power to make rules
The Board may from time to time make rules not inconsistent with this Act for all or any of the following purposes:
“(a)
Prescribing the procedure to be followed at any meeting of the Board:
“(b)
Providing for the custody of the property of the Board, and the custody and use of its common seal:
“(c)
Prescribing the manner in which applications for grants, awards, or fellowships under section 18l of this Act shall be made:
“(d)
Providing for such matters as may be necessary or expedient for the administration of the affairs of the Board.
“18g Functions and powers of Board
“(1)
The general functions of the Board shall be to—
“(a)
Administer the Fund in accordance with this Part of this Act:
“(b)
Consider applications for payments from the Fund, and to determine the persons to whom grants, awards, or fellowships are to be made under section 18l of this Act:
“(c)
To perform such functions as may be lawfully conferred on it by or under this or any other Act or in any other way whatsoever.
“(2)
The Board shall have all such powers as may be reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out its functions.
“18h Secretary to Board and other staff
“(1)
There may from time to time be appointed, under the State Services Act 1962, a Secretary to the Board and such other staff as may be necessary for the administration of the affairs of the Board.
“(2)
The office of Secretary to the Board, and the office held by any other person appointed in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, may be held either separately or in conjunction with any other office in the Public Service.
“18i War Pensions Medical Research Trust Fund
There is hereby established a fund to be known as the War Pensions Medical Research Trust Fund which shall comprise all money paid into it under subsection (5) of section 85 of this Act and all grants, donations, or gifts made to or vested in the Fund together with any income received from any source whatsoever.
“18j Capital and income of Fund
“(1)
The capital of the Fund shall consist of—
“(a)
All money paid into the Fund pursuant to subsection of section 85 of this Act:
“(b)
All money paid into the Fund by way of grants, donations, or gifts:
“(c)
All property held by or on behalf of the Board under this Part of this Act:
“(d)
All money derived from the sale of any property held by or on behalf of the Board under this Part of this Act:
“(e)
All income transferred to capital under subsection (3) of this section.
“(2)
The income of the Fund shall consist of—
“(a)
All income derived from the investment of money by or on behalf of the Board under section 18k of this Act:
“(b)
All income derived from the administration of property held by or on behalf of the Board:
“(c)
All money derived from the leasing of land:
“(d)
All other money not forming part of the capital of the Fund.
“(3)
Any income of the Fund not for the time being required for expenditure under section 18l of this Act may, in the discretion of the Board, be transferred to the capital of the Fund, whether or not the income has been invested under subsection (2) of section 18k of this Act.
“18k Powers of investment
“(1)
Any money, being capital of the Fund within the meaning of subsection (1) of section 18j of this Act, held by or on behalf of the Board shall from time to time be invested in any securities in which trust funds may be invested by trustees in accordance with the Trustee Act 1956 or in accordance with any other statutory authority or in such other manner as the Board, with the approval of the Minister, may determine:
“Provided that, notwithstanding any rule of law or equity to the contrary, the Board shall not be obliged to convert any securities that are the subject of a gift to the Fund and that are not securities in which the Board may invest money pursuant to this subsection.
“(2)
Any money, being income of the Board within the meaning of subsection (2) of section 18j of this Act, may, in the discretion of the Board, from time to time be invested in any manner authorised for the investment of capital under subsection (1) of this section.
“18l Authorised expenditure
“(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, the Board may apply the income of the Fund in such manner as the Board thinks fit for all or any of the following purposes:
“(a)
The making of grants or awards for the purpose of medical research into mental disorders, or other fields of medical research beneficial to former members of the forces:
“(b)
The provision of fellowships to qualified persons who will, in the Board’s opinion, contribute to such research:
“(c)
The costs incurred in the administration of the Fund.
“(2)
If at any time the income of the Fund is insufficient for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section the Board may, to the extent of the insufficiency, use the capital of the Fund for those purposes.
“(3)
No person shall be qualified to receive a fellowship under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section unless he is—
“(a)
Ordinarily resident in New Zealand; or
“(b)
A person resident outside New Zealand who will, in the Board’s opinion, fulfil the purpose for which the fellowship is granted by means of a visit or the extension of a visit to New Zealand.
“18m Conditions of grants, awards, and fellowships
“(1)
The conditions of tenure of every grant, award, and fellowship shall be determined by the Board.
“(2)
Every grant, award, and fellowship shall be of such value as the Board determines; and the Board may, in its discretion, renew or extend any grant, award, or fellowship, with or without modification in value or conditions of tenure.
“18n Money to be paid into bank
“(1)
All money received by the Board, or by the Secretary to the Board or any other employee of the Board, shall, as soon as practicable after it has come into the hands of any of them, be paid into such bank account or accounts of the Board as the Board from time to time directs.
“(2)
No such money shall be withdrawn from the bank except by cheque signed by an employee of the Board approved by the Board and countersigned by another such employee or by a member of the Board approved by the Board.
“18o Accounts
“(1)
The Board shall at all times keep full and correct records and accounts of all its financial transactions and of its assets and liabilities, and the accounts shall be audited by the Audit Office, which for that purpose shall have and may exercise all the powers that it has under the Public Revenues Act 1953 in respect of public money and the audit of the accounts of local authorities.
“(2)
As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year ending with the thirty-first day of March, the Board shall cause to be prepared and submitted to the Audit Office full and true statements and accounts of all money, both capital and income, received and expended, and of all its income and expenditure, in that year, with a balance sheet at the end of that year.
“18p Purposes of Fund declared to be charitable purposes
The purposes for which the Fund is established are hereby declared to be charitable purposes.
“18q Travelling allowances
“(1)
The Board is hereby declared to be a statutory Board within the meaning of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.
“(2)
There may be paid to the appointed members of the Board, out of the Fund, travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.
“18r Members of Board not personally liable
No member of the Board shall be personally liable for any act done or default made by the Board in good faith in the course of the operations of the Board.
“18s Contracts of Board
Part II of the First Schedule to the Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959 is hereby amended by inserting in its appropriate alphabetical order the following item:
‘The War Pensions Medical Research Trust Board
1968, No. 56—The War Pensions Amendment Act 1968.’”
3 Family maintenance allowances
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 75a (as inserted by section 4 of the War Pensions Amendment Act 1963), the following section:
“75b.
“(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a War Pensions Board may, in its discretion, increase the pension or allowance of any person who is in receipt of a pension or allowance payable to or on account of—
“(a)
Any veteran who is in receipt of a war veteran’s allowance under Part VI of this Act; or
“(b)
The wife of any such veteran in any case where the veteran is qualified to receive an allowance in respect of his wife; or
“(c)
Any person who is in receipt of an economic pension under Part III of this Act; or
“(d)
The wife of any such person in any case where she is in receipt of a pension under this Act—
by a family maintenance allowance at such rate as the Board determines, being not more than the appropriate rate specified in the Eleventh Schedule to this Act.
“(2)
A family maintenance allowance shall not be payable to or on account of any person referred to in subsection (1) of this section unless the person is—
“(a)
Caring for a child or children to the satisfaction of a War Pensions Board; and
“(b)
Unable, because of age, disablement, domestic circumstances, or any other reason, to adequately support and maintain himself or herself, as the case may be, and his wife or her husband (if any), and every child being maintained as a member of his or her family.
“(3)
No person who is in receipt of a mother’s allowance under section 32 of this Act in respect of a child of a member of the forces shall be granted a family maintenance allowance in respect of that child.”
(2)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by adding the Eleventh Schedule set out in the First Schedule to this Act.
(3)
This section and the First Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the seventh day of August, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
4 New sections inserted
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 85, and substituting the following sections:
“85 Disposition of accrued pension unpaid at date of death
“(1)
On the death of any person in receipt of a pension or allowance under this Act, the pension or allowance shall terminate on the date of death.
“(2)
The amount of any pension or allowance unpaid at the date of death shall be paid to or for the benefit of the widow or widower or any dependent child or dependent children of the deceased, or to any person for the time being caring for and maintaining any such child.
“(3)
If there is no surviving widow or widower or dependent child of the deceased, the unpaid amount may, in the discretion of a War Pensions Board, be paid (in whole or in such part as the Board determines) to or for the benefit of any person who, in the Board’s opinion,—
“(a)
Has been dependent on the deceased; or
“(b)
Has a just entitlement to the unpaid amount or part of it by virtue of having taken care of the pensioner’s needs or having provided him with comforts.
“(4)
If there is no person to whom the unpaid amount may be paid under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section, it may, in the discretion of a War Pensions Board, be paid (in whole or in such part as the Board determines) to the estate of the deceased.
“(5)
If the unpaid amount or any part of it is not paid under subsection (2), subsection (3), or subsection (4) of this section, the amount or the unpaid part shall, not earlier than six months after the death of the person in respect of whom it accrued, be paid into the War Pensions Medical Research Trust Fund established under section 18i of this Act:
“Provided that, if an appeal has been made under section 85a of this Act, the unpaid amount shall be held by the Secretary until the appeal has been determined, and shall then be paid in accordance with the decision of the Court.
“85a Appeal against decision of War Pensions Board
“(1)
Any person aggrieved by the decision of a War Pensions Board under subsection (3) or subsection (4) of section 85 of this Act may, not later than three months after the date of the Board’s decision, appeal against the decision—
“(a)
If the amount of money claimed by the appellant is more than two thousand dollars, to the Supreme Court:
“(b)
If the amount of money claimed by the appellant is two thousand dollars or less, to a Magistrate’s Court—
in section 85 of this Act and hereinafter in this section referred to as the Court.
“(2)
Every appeal to the Supreme Court under this section shall be heard and determined by the Administrative Division of that Court.
“(3)
Every appeal under this section shall be by notice of appeal in writing which shall state the grounds of the appeal.
“(4)
Subject to rules of Court, every notice of appeal to the Supreme Court shall be lodged with the Registrar of that Court at Wellington.
“(5)
Either before or immediately after the lodging of the notice of appeal, the appellant shall deliver or send a copy of it to the Secretary.
“(6)
The Registrar of the Court shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing of the appeal to the appellant and to the Secretary. The Secretary, either personally or by his counsel, shall be entitled to be present and to be heard at the hearing of the appeal.
“(7)
On hearing the appeal the Court may confirm, modify, or reverse the decision appealed against.
“(8)
The Registrar of the Court shall transmit to the Secretary a memorandum of the Court’s decision.
“(9)
Every decision of a Magistrate’s Court under this section shall be final.”
5 Increasing rates of certain pensions and allowances
(1)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing the First to Ninth Schedules (as substituted by section 3(1) of the War Pensions Amendment Act 1967), and substituting the First to Ninth Schedules set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(2)
The War Pensions Amendment Act 1967 is hereby repealed.
(3)
This section and the Second Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the twelfth day of June, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE NEW ELEVENTH SCHEDULE TO PRINCIPAL ACT
“ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Maximum Rates of Family Maintenance Allowances
Section 75b
1.
To any veteran receiving a war veteran’s allowance at the rate payable to an unmarried person—
| (a) On account of first or only dependent child | $455 a year. |
| (b) On account of each additional dependent child after the first | $52 a year. |
2.
To any veteran receiving or qualified to receive a war veteran’s allowance in respect of himself and his wife, or the wife of any such veteran,—
| (a) On account of second dependent child | $26 a year. |
| (b) On account of each additional dependent child after the second | $52 a year. |
3.
To any person receiving an economic pension at the rate payable to an unmarried person—
| (a) On account of first or only dependent child | $8.75 a week |
| (b) On account of each additional dependent child after the first | $1 a week. |
4.
To any person receiving an economic pension at the rate payable to a married person, or a wife’s pension,—
| (a) On account of second dependent child | 50c a week. |
| (b) On account of each additional dependent child after the second | $1 a week.” |
SECOND SCHEDULE NEW FIRST TO NINTH SCHEDULES TO PRINCIPAL ACT (Effective on and from 12 June 1968)
Section 5(1)
“FIRST SCHEDULE Maximum Rates of Pensions for Disabled Members
Sections 20, 23, 28, 62, 65
Part I Members of Forces
1.
Under section 20—
| In every case, per week | $11.80 |
2.
Under section 23—
| In certain cases of severe disablement (additional pension), per week | $7.00 |
3.
Under section 28—
| Clothing allowance (additional pension) as follows— | |
| (a) Loss of two limbs or parts, per week | $1.35 |
| (b) Loss of leg or part, per week | $1.25 |
| (c) Loss of arm or part, per week | 92c |
| (d) Use of mechanical appliance, etc., per week | 92c |
Part II Members of Mercantile Marine
4 Under section 62
The same rates as those specified in Part I of this Schedule.
Part III Members of Emergency Reserve Corps
5 Under section 65
The same rates as those specified in Part I of this Schedule.
“SECOND SCHEDULE Maximum Rates of Allowances for Services of Attendants for Disabled Members
Sections 29, 62, 65
Part I Members of Forces
1 Under section 29
In every case, per week $16
Part II Members of Mercantile Marine
2 Under section 62
The same rate as that specified in Part I of this Schedule.
Part III Members of Emergency Reserve Corps
3 Under section 65
The same rate as that specified in Part I of this Schedule.
“THIRD SCHEDULE Maximum Rates of Pension for Wife of Totally Disabled Member
Sections 30, 62, 65
Part I Members of Forces
1. Under section 30
In every case, per week $11.25
Part II Members of Mercantile Marine
2. Under section 62
The same rate as that specified in Part I of this Schedule.
Part III Members of Emergency Reserve Corps
3 Under section 65
The same rate as that specified in Part I of this Schedule.
“FOURTH SCHEDULE Maximum Rates of Pensions for Widows of Deceased Members
Sections 32, 62, 65
Part I Members of Forces
1.
Under section 32(1)—
| To the widow in every case, per week | $8.70 |
2.
Under section 32(2)—
| Additional mother’s allowance to a widow— | |
| (a) On account of first or only dependent child, per week | $8.75 |
| (b) On account of each additional dependent child after the first, per week | $1.00 |
Part II Members of Mercantile Marine
3.
Under section 32(1) as applied by section 62—
| To the widow in every case, per week | $8.70 |
4 Under section 32(2) as applied by section 62
Additional mother’s allowance to a widow with dependent child or children—
The same rates as those provided in clause 2 of Part I of this Schedule.
Part III Members of Emergency Reserve Corps
5.
Under section 32(1) as applied by section 65—
| To the widow in every case, per week | $8.70 |
6 Under section 32(2) as applied by section 65
Additional mother’s allowance to a widow with dependent child or children—
The same rates as those provided in clause 2 of Part I of this Schedule.
“FIFTH SCHEDULE Maximum Rates of Pensions for Children of Disabled and Deceased Members
Sections 36, 40, 62, 65
Part I Members of Forces
1.
Under section 36—
| In ordinary cases, per week | $1.50 |
2.
Under section 40—
| In certain cases where parents dead, or child not under control of its mother, per week | $7.30 |
Part II Members of Mercantile Marine
3. Under section 62
The same rates as those specified in Part I of this Schedule.
Part III Members of Emergency Reserve Corps
4. Under section 65
The same rates as those specified in Part I of this Schedule.
“SIXTH SCHEDULE Maximum Rates of Economic Pensions and Allowable Income
Sections 59, 60, 62, 65
Part I Members of Forces
1. Under section 59
Allowable income of claimant and husband or wife (if any)—
| (a) In the case of a widow with a child or children of the member dependent upon her and supported by her to the satisfaction of a War Pensions Board, per week | $12 |
| (b) In any other case, per week | $8 |
2.
For the purposes of clause 1 of this Schedule, the expression ‘child or children’ includes, if a War Pension Board thinks fit, a child or children in respect of whom a pension has been continued beyond the age of sixteen years under section 43 of this Act.
3. Under section 60
Economic pension, as follows—
| (a) To any member of the forces, per week | $11.25 |
| (b) To the widow of a deceased member of the forces, per week | $11.25 |
| (c) To the widowed mother of a deceased member of the forces— | |
| (i) Where the claimant was wholly dependent on the member or was the mother of two or more sons, being deceased members of the forces, per week | $11.25 |
| (ii) In any other case, per week | $9 |
| (d) To any person in receipt of a pension under section 55 or section 56 in respect of his own disablement, per week | $11.25 |
| (e) To any widow in receipt of a pension under section 55 or section 56 in respect of the death of her husband or son | The rate of the pension that would be payable to her under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of this clause if her husband or son, as the case may be, had been a member of the forces |
| (f) To any person who is disqualified from receiving a pension under section 56 by reason only that the pension received by him from an overseas Government is not less than the pension that would be payable under Part II of this Act in respect of a member of the New Zealand forces | The difference between the rate of the pension paid to the claimant by an overseas Government and the aggregate rate of the pensions that would be payable to the claimant under Parts II and III of this Act if the person in respect of whose disablement or death the overseas pension is paid had been a member of the New Zealand forces. |
Part II Members of Mercantile Marine
4. Under section 62
The same rates as those specified in Part I of this Schedule
Part III Members of Emergency Reserve Corps
5. Under section 65
The same rates as those specified in Part I of this Schedule.
Part IV General
6.
The rates specified in clauses 3, 4, and 5 of this Schedule shall be increased by $1 per week in any case where the claimant or pensioner is an unmarried person, or, being married, is, in the opinion of a War Pensions Board, living apart from his wife or her husband, as the case may be:
Provided that a War Pensions Board may in its discretion refuse to increase any economic pension under this clause in any case where in the opinion of the Board the claimant or pensioner is sharing household expenses with any other person.
“SEVENTH SCHEDULE Rates of War Veterans’ Allowances
Sections 69, 70, 74
1 Under section 69
| (a) To a married male veteran who is qualified to receive an allowance on account of his wife, in respect of himself and his wife | $1,170 per annum, diminished by $2 for every complete $2 of the total annual income of the veteran and his wife (exclusive of any allowance under Part VI of this Act) in excess of $416 per annum. |
| (b) To a married female veteran | $585 per annum, diminished by $2 for every complete $2 of the total annual income of the veteran and her husband (exclusive of any allowance under Part VI of this Act received by the female veteran) in excess of $1,001 per annum. |
| (c) In any other case | $585 per annum, diminished by $2 for every complete $2 of the total annual income (exclusive of any allowance under Part VI of this Act) of the veteran and his wife (if any) in excess of $1,001 per annum in the case of a married veteran and in excess of $416 per annum in the case of an unmarried veteran. |
2. Under section 70
Age supplement—
| (a) Where a married male veteran and his wife have both attained the age of 65 years | $156 per annum, diminished by $2 for every complete $2 of the total annual income of the veteran and his wife (exclusive of any allowance under Part VI of this Act) in excess of $260 per annum. |
| (b) Where a married female veteran has attained the age of 65 years | $78 per annum, diminished by $2 for every complete $2 of the total annual income of the veteran and her husband (exclusive of any allowance under Part VI of this Act received by the female veteran) in excess of $923 per annum. |
| (c) In any other case where the veteran or the wife of a male veteran has attained the age of 65 years | $78 per annum, diminished by $2 for every complete $2 of the total annual income of the veteran and his wife (if any) (exclusive of any allowance under Part VI of this Act) in excess of $338 per annum. |
3. Under section 74
| Special allowance where veteran dies leaving widow or dependent child | Not exceeding $1,089.40 per annum. |
4. General
The rates specified in clause 1 of this Schedule shall be increased by $52 per annum in any case where the person claiming or in receipt of the allowance is an unmarried person:
Provided that a War Pensions Board may in its discretion refuse to increase any allowance under this clause in any case where in the opinion of the Board the person claiming or in receipt of the allowance is sharing household expenses with any other person.
“EIGHTH SCHEDULE Maximum Allowable Earnings of Women from Domestic Service
Section 79
| In every case | $156 per annum. |
“NINTH SCHEDULE Pensions Payable for Specific Disabilities
Section 21
| Nature of Disability | Percentage of Full Pension Payable in Cases of Total Disablement |
|---|---|
| Percent | |
| Total blindness | 100 |
| Incurable insanity | 100 |
| Very severe facial disfigurement | 100 |
| Lower limb amputation through hip joint | 100 |
| Lower limb amputation through upper third of thigh (if without useful Stump) | 100 |
| Upper limb amputation (where an artificial arm cannot be fitted with retention of elbow joint function) | 100 |
| Lower limb amputation through upper third of thigh (if with useful stump) | 90 |
| Permanent loss of speech | 90 |
| Lower limb amputation through knee joint or middle or lower third of thigh | 85 |
| Total deafness | 85 |
| Upper limb amputation (where an artificial arm can be fitted with retention of elbow joint function), but not beyond all the metacarpo-phalangeal joints | 80 |
| Severe facial disfigurement | 80 |
| Lower limb amputation, but not beyond the tarso-metatarsal joint | 75 |
| Loss of one eye | 50 |
| Loss of four fingers | 50 |
| Loss of three fingers | 40 |
| Loss of thumb | 40 |
| Loss of two fingers | 25 |
| Loss of index finger of either hand | 20 |
Note to Schedule
For the purposes of this Schedule, ‘loss of and ‘amputation of’ include ‘permanent loss of the use of.”
This Act is administered in the Social Security Department.