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2006 No. 3321

Consumer Protection, England and Wales

The Compensation (Specification of Benefits) Order 2006

Made

12th December 2006

Coming into force in accordance with article 2

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(5) of the Compensation Act 2006( 1 ).

A draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 15(4) of that Act and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

It appears to the Secretary of State that the benefits specified or referred to in article 3 are United Kingdom social security benefits designed to provide compensation for industrial injury, as required by section 4(6) of that Act.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Compensation (Specification of Benefits) Order 2006.

Commencement

2. This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Specification of benefit

3. A claim for any of the following benefits shall be treated as a claim for the purposes of Part 2 of the Compensation Act 2006—

(a) industrial injuries benefit, within the meaning given by section 94 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 2 );

(b) any supplement or additional allowance, or increase of benefit or allowance, to which a recipient of such a benefit may be entitled under that or any other Act;

(c) a benefit under a scheme referred to in paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 8 to that Act;

(d) a benefit under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979( 3 ).

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Cathy Ashton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Constitutional Affairs

12th December 2006

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The Compensation (Specification of Benefits) Order 2006 (2006/3321)

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