(1)Any of the following councils, that is to say, F1... the London borough councils and the Common Council, may pay compensation—

(a)to any of their officers who sustains an injury in the course of his employment; or

(b)to the widow or widower or child of any of their officers who, in the course of his employment, dies or sustains an injury resulting in death.

(2)Any compensation payable under this section may be paid either—

(a)by way of a lump sum; or

(b)by way of periodical payments of such amounts and payable at such times and for such periods as the council in question may from time to time determine having regard to all the circumstances of the case.

(3)The payment of compensation under this section shall not affect any right or claim to damages or compensation which an officer of any of the councils aforesaid or his widow or widower or child may have against any person other than that council or, except so far as may be agreed when the compensation is granted, against that council.

[F2(4)This section shall apply to F3... [F4, an authority established by Part I, II, III, IV or V of the Waste Regulation and Disposal (Authorities) Order 1985] [F5the London Fire Commissioner] as it applies to the councils mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.]