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Each card must be exchanged for a new one at the end of the contribution year. With the exception of domestic servants, employees' cards are exchanged by their employers. It is important that the card to be exchanged should bear the up-to-date home address. The right to Social Insurance Benefits depends on the insured person's contribution record. The contribution conditions for each benefit are given in Part 3 of this leaflet.

At the end of each year every insured person will be afforded the opportunity to pay a contribution in respect of every week for which a contribution was not paid or a credit awarded. This is intended in order to safeguard the average which must be maintained for entitlement to benefit.

PART 2.

INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFITS EXPLAINED

The Industrial Injuries scheme provides insurance against being unable to work, or being disabled or losing life because of an accident at work or certain industrial diseases. Self-employed persons are not insurable under this scheme.

There are no contribution conditions

INJURY BENEFIT

1. WHAT ARE THE RATES OF INJURY BENEFIT?

The main rates of injury benefit are £15.40 a week with lower rates for persons who are not 18 years of age. The standard rate of benefit may be increased by dependants' allowances. The weekly rate of increase for an adult dependant is £3.85, £1.96 for the first child and £1.26 for the second child. claim only for one adult dependant and two dependent children.

You may

Injury benefit is paid for a maximum period of 26 weeks from the date of the accident or development of the disease,

DISABLEMENT BENLFIT

11. WHAT ARE THE RATES OF DISABLEMENT BENEFIT?

Disablement benefit is a pension or gratuity for any disablement you may still have when your injury benefit stops. The amount of benefit depends on the extent of your disablement as assessed by a Medical Board. If disable- ment is less than 35% you will receive a gratuity of up to £1,510.

If your disablement is 35% or more you will receive a pension of up to £15.40 a week.

If the Medical Board consider that the disablement is going to last all your life or not less than 7 years, instead of the pension you may elect to receive a gratuity of up to £4,320. The standard rate of disablement pension can be increased for various reasons:

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Dependants Allowance are the same as for injury benefit.

If you are 100% disabled and need someone to look after you, a Constant Attendance Allowance of up to £6.50 a week may be paid. In special cases this may be increased to £13.00 a week.

If you have to go into hospital for treatment for your disability, while you are in hospital you will be paid a pension equivalent to 100% disablement, even if the extent of your disablement is less than 100%.

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