SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Scheme may be cited as the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) Scheme 2003 and shall come into force on 9th April 2003. 2 In this Scheme— “lesser incapacity allowance” means the allowance payable in accordance with article 5 of the principal Scheme; “the operative date” means 9th April 2003; and “the principal Scheme” means the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme 1982 . Amendment of article 5 of the principal Scheme 2 Article 5(2) (lesser incapacity allowances under scheme) of the principal Scheme shall be amended by substituting “9th April 2003” for “10th April 2002” . Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme 3 For Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme (table of rates), there shall be substituted the following: SCHEDULE 1 Article 5 PART I TABLE OF RATES OF LESSER INCAPACITY ALLOWANCE FOR BENEFICIARIES TO WHOM ARTICLE 5(2) APPLIES Rate of lesser incapacity allowance from 10th April 2002 to 8th April 2003 Rate of lesser incapacity allowance from 9th April 2003 £ £ 3.55 3.60 9.50 9.65 16.05 16.30 23.20 23.60 33.35 33.90 42.45 43.15 PART II TABLE OF LOSS OF EARNINGS AND CORRESPONDING RATES OF LESSER INCAPACITY ALLOWANCE Loss of earnings Rate of lesser incapacity allowance £ £ 11.70 3.60 25.65 9.65 39.70 16.30 46.85 23.60 57.20 33.90 Over 57.20 43.15 Transitional provision 4 1 Where— a a beneficiary was, before the operative date, in receipt of a lesser incapacity allowance, and b the final calculation of loss of earnings required by article 7(2) of the principal Scheme had not been made in respect of him by that date, the beneficiary shall be treated as entitled, from the operative date, to an allowance at the same rate as if the final calculation had been made before that date. 2 Where— a a claim for lesser incapacity allowance either— i was not made before the operative date and the allowance is awarded for a period beginning on or after the operative date at one of the rates shown in the second column of Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme (as amended by this Scheme); or ii was made but not determined before the operative date; and b such allowance is found to be payable in respect of a period before the operative date; the rate payable in respect of the period before the operative date shall be that which would have been payable had the amendment to the principal Scheme effected by article 3 of this Scheme not been made. 3 Where a lesser incapacity allowance has been awarded before the operative date and a question arises as to the weekly rate payable in consequence of this Scheme, the case shall be reconsidered in the light of the amendments made by, and transitional provisions contained in, this Scheme and the allowance shall continue to be payable at the weekly rate specified in the award until the question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the principal Scheme. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Ian McCartney Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 7th March 2003 We consent, Philip Woolas John Heppell Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 10th March 2003