Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978
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Schedule 1 Benefit tables
Schedule 1 Benefit tables
(Sections 4 (1), 25)
| Table A | $ | | Part 1 Injuries related to arms | | | Permanent loss of not less than the percentage, prescribed by the regulations, of the use of— | | | (a) either arm or the greater part of an arm | 43,265 | | (b) lower part of either arm | 37,050 | | (c) either hand or 4 fingers and thumb of either hand | 37,050 | | (d) thumb | 16,075 | | (e) index finger | 10,715 | | (f) middle, ring or little finger | 5,645 | | Part 2 Injuries related to legs | | | Permanent loss of not less than the percentage, prescribed by the regulations, of the use of— | | | (a) either leg or the greater part of a leg | 39,500 | | (b) lower part of either leg | 33,970 | | (c) foot | 32,945 | | (d) great toe | 10,715 | | Part 3 Injuries related to sight | | | | 55,575 | | | | | (a) one eye, if it was the only sighted eye | 39,500 | | (b) one eye, if it was not the only sighted eye | 23,030 | | Part 4 Miscellaneous injuries | | | | | | (a) hearing in both ears | 33,970 | | (b) power of speech | 33,970 | | | 12,310 | | | | | (a) both kidneys (or of one kidney, if it was the only functioning kidney) | 58,710 | | (b) one kidney, if it was not the only functioning kidney | 7,070 | | (c) spleen | 7,070 |
| Table B | $ | | Part 1 Injuries related to cognition | | | Permanent loss of— | | | (a) mental capacity | 171,000 | | (b) sense of smell | 9,290 | | (c) sense of taste | 9,290 | | Part 2 Physical injuries | | | Permanent loss of— | | | (a) all sexual organs or part of them | 27,530 | | (b) sightless eye | 12,310 |
sch 1: Am 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (3). Subst 1983 No 71, Sch 1 (3); 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (4); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [10]. Am 2019 No 1, Sch 2.29.