The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 was a British
Act of Parliament
Acts of Parliament, sometimes referred to as primary legislation, are texts of law passed by the Legislature, legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council). In most countries with a parliamentary system of government, acts of ...
which provided compensation paid by the Ministry of
National Insurance
National Insurance (NI) is a fundamental component of the welfare state in the United Kingdom. It acts as a form of social security, since payment of NI contributions establishes entitlement to certain state benefits for workers and their famil ...
to workers who were left injured or disabled as a result of work-related accidents. The Act replaced the Workmen's Compensation Acts.
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.
The Act's limitation of the right to appeal was considered in ''R v Medical Appeal Tribunal, ex p Gilmore''
[ 9571 QB 574] where
Lord Denning
Alfred Thompson "Tom" Denning, Baron Denning (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1923 and became a King's Counsel in 1938. Denning became a judge in 1944 when ...
decided that the provision limiting appeal does not mean that the judiciary cannot review decisions.
References
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1946
Social security in the United Kingdom
National Insurance
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