Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1955

Increase of compensation in fatal cases.

5.—(1) The Second Schedule to the Act of 1934, as amended by section 8 of the Act of 1953 and the Schedule thereto, is hereby amended in accordance with the First Schedule to this Act.

(2) In subsection (2) of section 22 of the Act of 1934, as amended by subsection (2) of section 8 of the Act of 1953, “eighteen hundred pounds” shall be substituted for “twelve hundred pounds”.

(3) The amendments effected by subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to any case where the accident happened before the appointed day.