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Catalogue description Industrial Injuries Advisory Council: Registered Files (MD and MIW Series)
| Reference: | PIN 94 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Industrial Injuries Advisory Council: Registered Files (MD and MIW Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains registered files of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. The files include correspondence and papers regarding compensation procedures and considerations. Details of appeals made to the Medical Board and Medical Appeals Tribunal (MAT) are given. Also included are proposed plans for an EEC on radioactivity induced diseases. |
| Date: | 1972 -1983 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | MD and MIW files series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988 Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, 1946- |
| Physical description: | 1 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2003 Department for Work and Pensions |
| Accumulation dates: | Series ran 1972-1983 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Selected under PRO acquisition criteria 2.2.1.5 as documenting the effects of the new National Insurance Act on the claiming of benefits and compensation from industrial related injuries. |
| Accruals: | Series is not accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The National Insurance Act 1972 modified the National Insurance Act 1965 and the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965. Medical boards and appeal tribunals are not bound by findings of non-medical statutory authorities as to personal injuries. The degree of disablement such as length of amputation determine the extent of benefits available such as the constant Attendance Allowance. |
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