National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to substitute for the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1925 to 1945, a system of insurance against personal injury caused by accident arising out of and in the course of a person's employment and against prescribed diseases and injuries due to the nature of a person's employment, and for purposes connected therewith.
Citation9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 62
Dates
Royal assent26 July 1946

The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 62) was a British Act of Parliament which provided compensation paid by the Ministry of National Insurance to workers who were left injured or disabled as a result of work-related accidents. The Act replaced the Workmen's Compensation Acts.[1]

The act was universal, in the sense that it covered the entire workforce. It provided injury benefit for six months, disability benefit for the permanently injured, and a death benefit for dependents. Tribunals were set up to assess cases rather than the burden of proving a case resting on the claimant, although claims still remained hard to prove.[2]

The Act's limitation of the right to appeal was considered in R v Medical Appeal Tribunal, ex p Gilmore[3] where Lord Denning decided that the provision limiting appeal does not mean that the judiciary cannot review decisions.[4]

References

  1. ^ Mastering Economic and Social History by David Taylor
  2. ^ Thomas, Jo (25 December 2015). Oxford AQA history A level and AS Component 2. Wars and welfare:: Britain in transition, 1906-1957. Michael Willis and Sally Waller. Oxford. ISBN 9780198354598. OCLC 953454036.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ [1957] 1 QB 574
  4. ^ Mark Elliott; Jack Beatson (27 January 2011). Beatson, Matthews and Elliott's Administrative Law Text and Materials. OUP Oxford. p. 487. ISBN 978-0-19-923852-1.


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