S.L. 111.1 Art. 9Rates of injury allowances.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Scheme an injury allowance awarded to a person shall be payable at whichever of the weekly rates specified in the Table set out at the end of this article in relation to the class of injury sustained by that person is from time to time appropriate in the case of that person.

(2) Where a person to whom an injury allowance has been awarded in respect of an injury which is not an injury which may be compensated on the higher scale, is a widow who is detained in hospital and who was, at the date of the commencement of such detention, maintaining in her home a dependent minor of hers that injury allowance may be paid at the rate which would be appropriate if that widow were not in hospital.

(3) Where a male person to whom an injury allowance has been awarded is married and that person -

(a) has married since the date on which he sustained the injury in respect of which that injury allowance was awarded; or

(b) was not at that date, or is not, residing with his wife or contributing to a reasonable extent to her support, that person shall, for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this article and of the Table set out at the end thereof, be treated as if he were not married.

(4) Where a person to whom an injury allowance has been awarded has not attained the age of eighteen years, that injury allowance shall, unless he was married at the date on which he sustained the injury in respect of which it was awarded, be payable until he has attained that age at half the rate which would be appropriate in his case.

(5) In this article and in the Table set out at the end thereof "in hospital" means in hospital, as an in-patient for the purpose of receiving treatment for a qualifying injury. TABLE

Weekly rates of injury allowances Male person who is Male person who is Female person married not married Class of injury Not in In Not in In Not in In hospital hospital hospital hospital hospital hospital Injuries which may be compen-sated on the higher scale €4.66 €4.66 €3.73 €2.43 €2.56 €1.53 Other injuries €2.80 €1.40 €2.23 €1.12 €1.61 €0.92