Army Pensions Act, 1949
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Amendment of section 12 of the Act of 1927. |
5.—(1) Section 12 of the Act of 1927 shall, in its application to a person who is discharged from the forces on or after the date of the passing of this Act, have effect as if, for the reference therein to the Third Schedule to the Act of 1927, there were substituted a reference to the First Schedule to this Act. | |
(2) (a) For the purposes of subsection (2) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 a soldier, to whom a pension is granted under subsection (1) of the said section and who was discharged from the forces on or after the 3rd day of September, 1939, shall be deemed to have been in receipt of marriage allowance as a married soldier at the date on which he received the wound in respect of which the pension was granted, if, at that date and notwithstanding that his wife was then dead, children's allowance was payable under Defence Force regulations in respect of any child of his. | ||
(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be deemed to have come into operation on, and shall have effect as on and from, the 3rd day of September, 1939. |