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Amendment of section 7 of the Act of 1962.
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12.—(1) Section 7 of the Act of 1962 is hereby amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) and (2) respectively:
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“(1) This section applies to—
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(a) a pension under section 26 of the Act of 1937,
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(b) a pension under section 28 of that Act,
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(c) a pension under section 29 of that Act,
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(d) a pension under section 6 of the Act of 1941,
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(e) a pension granted under section 6 of the Act of 1943 to a person who, on the date of his discharge from the forces, was, in the case of an officer, a married officer within the meaning of the Defence Force Regulations governing on that date the pay of officers and, in the case of a soldier, in receipt of marriage allowance as a married soldier,
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(f) a pension under section 12 of the Act of 1946 so granted,
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(g) a pension under section 5 of the No. 2 Act of 1960 so granted,
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(h) a pension under section 7 of the No. 2 Act of 1960 so granted.
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(2) If a person who is granted a pension to which this section applies was married before the critical date as defined by the next subsection and is at the date of the commencement of his pension or the 4th day of August, 1962, (whichever is the later) a married man for the purposes of this section, he shall, for so long as he continues to be a married man for those purposes, be entitled to be paid and receive a married pension at the appropriate rate specified in the First Schedule to this Act.”,
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(b) by the deletion in subsection (3) (a) (ii) of “wound or”, and
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(c) by the deletion in subsection (7) of “for a pension” wherever those words occur.
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(2) Every application for a pension or allowance under section 7 of the Act of 1962 shall be made—
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(a) in the case of an application under subsection (2) or subsection (6), not later than twelve months after the date of the passing of this Act, and
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(b) in the case of an application under subsection (5), before the expiration of twelve months after the death or twelve months after the date of the passing of this Act, whichever is the later.
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