S.L. 111.1 Art. 7Awards of injury allowances.

Where a qualifying injury has incapacitated a person for work for a period of not less than seven consecutive days, that person shall be entitled to be awarded in respect of that injury an injury allowance in accordance with the following provisions of this Part of this Scheme: Provided that an injury allowance shall not be awarded in respect of an injury sustained by any person -

(a) if, at the date of that injury, that person was a member of any of the armed forces of the Crown, or a person employed in the nursing service or other auxiliary service of any of those forces, and was required to give whole time service as such a member or as an employed person; or

(b) if, at the date of that injury, that person was a member of any of the armed forces of the Crown, or a, person employed in the nursing service or other auxiliary service of any of those forces, and was not required to give whole time service as such a member or as an employed person, and that injury was directly attributable to his service as such a member or as an employed person; or

(c) if, at the date of that injury, that person was a civilian employed by any one of the armed forces of the Crown, and that injury was directly attributable to his service as an employed person; or

(d) if an award can be made to that person in respect of that injury by virtue of a scheme under the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act, 1939, or under any Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine scheme as adopted or made for these Islands. Nothing in this proviso shall disentitle from award of injury allowance any civilian employee of the armed forces of the Crown, in respect of any war injury suffered while he is off duty, provided that no such civilian employee shall at one and the same time be eligible for benefits under this Scheme and for any service benefit in respect of that injury.