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PART II
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Occupational Injuries Benefits—Gratuities and Grant
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£
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Section 43 (7) (a)
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1. Disablement Benefit:
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Maximum gratuity in the case of person :—
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(i) aged under 66
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3,285
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(ii) aged over 66
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3,355
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2. Death Benefit:
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Section 50 (7)
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(i) Widower's gratuity in the case of person :—
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(a) aged under 66
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2,395
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(b) aged over 66
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2,445
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Section 53 (2)
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(ii) Grant in respect of funeral expenses
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220
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PART III
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Disablement Pension
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Section 43 (8).
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Degree of disablement
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Weekly rate (persons over the age of 18 years)
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Weekly rate (persons under the age of 18 years and certain married women)
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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Persons under the age of 66 years
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Persons over the age of 66 years
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Persons under the age of 18 years and certain married women under the age of 66 years
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Certain married women over the age of 66 years
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£
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£
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£
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£
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100 per cent
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47.40
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48.40
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37.50
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38.30
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90
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42.66
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43.56
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33.75
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34.47
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80
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37.92
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38.72
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30.00
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30.64
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70
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33.18
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33.88
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26.25
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26.81
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60
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28.44
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29.04
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22.50
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22.98
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50
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23.70
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24.20
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18.75
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19.15
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40
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18.96
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19.36
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15.00
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15.32
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30
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14.22
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14.52
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11.25
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11.49
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20
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9.48
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9.68
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7.50
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7.66
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PART IV
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Increases of Disablement Pension
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Sections 45 and 46.
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£
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1. Increase where the person is permanently incapable of work:
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(a) in the case of persons over the age of 18 years—
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(i) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband, or a married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband, where the person is—
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(a) aged under 66
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31.65
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(b) aged over 66
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32.25
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(ii) for any other married women—
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(a) aged under 66
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27.80
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(b) aged over 66
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28.40
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(b) in the case of person under the age of 18 years—
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(i) where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for an adult dependant
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31.65
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(ii) where the person is not so entitled
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27.80
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2. Increase where the beneficiary requires constant attendance:
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(a) limit of increase except in cases of exceptionally severe disablement where the person is—
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(i) aged under 66
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18.95
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(ii) aged over 66
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19.30
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(b) limit in any case where the person is—
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(i) aged under 66
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37.90
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(ii) aged over 66
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38.65
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PART V
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Reduced Rates of Injury Benefit and Disablement Pension
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Section 56.
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£
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(a) In the case of persons over the age of 18 years—
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(i) for a man, single women or widow, married women living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband, or a married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband where the person is—
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(a) aged under 66
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9.48
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(b) aged over 66
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9.68
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(ii) for any other married women—
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(a) aged under 66
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7.50
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(b) aged over 66
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7.66
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(b) In the case of persons under the age of 18 years—
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(i) where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or for an adult dependant or, if a disablement pension is payable would be so entitled if injury benefit rather than disablement pension was payable
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9.48
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(ii) where the person, is not, or would not be, so entitled
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7.50
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PART VI
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[1978, s. 14(3); 1980, s. 15] |
