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Army Pensions Act, 1957

Increase of wound pensions and gratuities under section 1 of the Act of 1923.

4.—(1) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (2) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) The amount of a wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to an officer discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and before the 2nd day of April, 1950, shall, in lieu of being an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1953, be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser—

(a) the amount payable to such officer under subsection (2) of the said section 14, increased by the appropriate sum,

(b) the amount which would be payable to such officer under the Acts if he had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of November, 1952, and his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge and the scale of pension applicable to him were the appropriate scale contained in the Tables to this subsection.

TABLE I

Officer who was a married officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Regulations governing the pay of officers in force on the day before the day of his discharge from the forces.

Degree of Disablement

Scale of Pension

(1)

(2)

per cent.

100

48 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

90

43 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

80

39 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

70

34 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

60

29 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

50

24 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

40

19 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

30

14 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

20

10 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

TABLE II

Officer who was not a married officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Regulations governing the pay of officers in force on the day before the day of his discharge from the forces.

Degree of Disablement

Scale of Pension

(1)

(2)

per cent.

100

55 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

90

50 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

80

44 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

70

39 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

60

33 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

50

28 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

40

22 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

30

17 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

20

11 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

(3) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to a soldier which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (2) of the Second Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(4) Section 1 of the Act of 1923 is hereby amended by the substitution, in subsection (3), of “£175” for “£100” and “£105” for “£60”, and section 3 of the Act of 1923 (in so far as it relates to the grant of a gratuity) shall have effect accordingly.