S.L. 111.1 Art. 29Provision for taking damages into account.

(1) When a person in respect of whom an injury allowance, pension or allowance may be or has been awarded under this Scheme in respect of an injury he has received or recovered damages in respect of that injury, or has been paid any sum in settlement or composition of his claim to any such damages, the Committee may take the weekly value of the whole or such part as the Committee may think fit of those damages or of that sum into account against the amount of that injury allowance, pension or allowance, and may, for the purpose of securing that only the excess, if any, of that amount over that value shall be or shall have been paid to or in respect of that person, withhold or cancel the award of that injury allowance, pension or allowance or reduce the amount thereof.

(2) Where a person -

(a) refuses or neglects to claim, or to take or prosecute proceedings to recover damages in respect of an injury in respect of which an award of an injury allowance, pension or allowance may be or has been made in respect of that person; or

(b) continues proceedings to recover any such damages; or

(c) accepts any sum in settlement or composition of his claim to any such damages, and the Committee considers that such refusal, neglect continuance or acceptance is unreasonable, the Committee may withhold or cancel the award of that injury allowance, pension or allowance or reduce the amount thereof.