Army Pensions Act, 1943

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Amendment of sections 10 and 12 of, and Third Schedule to, the Act of 1927.

3.—(1) Section 10 of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended (with effect as on and from the 3rd day of September, 1939), as follows:—

(a) by the insertion, in sub-section (1), after the words and figures “the 30th day of September, 1924”, of the words “or during the emergency period”, and

(b) by the deletion, in sub-section (2), of the words and figures “married before the 1st day of October, 1924”, and the substitution therefor of the words “at the date of his discharge, in the case of an officer, either in occupation of married quarters or in receipt of lodging, fuel and light allowance as a married officer, or, in the case of a soldier, in receipt of marriage allowance as a married soldier”.

(2) Every pension granted, by virtue of the amendment effected by sub-section (1) of this section, under section 10 of the Act of 1927, shall commence from such date (not being earlier than the date of discharge from the forces or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached the minimum degree of disablement, whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine.

(3) Every application for a pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended by sub-section (1) of this section, shall be made before the expiration of four years from the date of discharge or within twelve months from the date of the passing of this Act, whichever is the later.

(4) Sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 shall have effect as if section 7 of the Act of 1937 had not been enacted.

(5) Sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927 shall be construed (with effect as on and from the 3rd day of September, 1939) as if, in relation to a disablement caused by disease or due to a wound attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period, there were substituted for Part I of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1927, the following Part:—

PART I.

Officers.

Note: “Annual Pay” does not include allowances, or additional pay in respect of temporary, probationary or acting duty.

The married pension payable to an officer in receipt of a pension under this Schedule who is entitled to a married pension shall be at the rate of £30 per annum.

(6) Sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927 shall be construed (with effect as on and from the 3rd day of September, 1939) as if, in relation to a disablement caused by disease or due to a wound attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period, there were substituted for Part II of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1927, the following Part:—

PART II.

Soldiers.