Army Pensions Act, 1943

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Extension of sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927 to members of the Army Nursing Service.

4.—(1) Sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended by this Act, shall apply and be deemed to have applied to a member of the Army Nursing Service whose service as such member is terminated (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and who at the date of such termination is suffering from a disablement caused by a disease attributable to service in the Army Nursing Service during the emergency period in like manner as if such member were an officer who is discharged from the forces and is at the date of his discharge suffering from a disablement caused by a disease attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period, subject to the following modifications:—

(a) the reference to four years after his discharge shall be construed as a reference to four years after the termination of her service as such member, and

(b) the reference to the Third Schedule to the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to this section.

(2) Sub-sections (1) and (4) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 shall apply and be deemed to have applied to a member of the Army Nursing Service whose service as such member is terminated (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and who at the date of such termination is suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to her service in the Army Nursing Service during the emergency period in like manner as if such member were an officer who is discharged from the forces and is at the date of his discharge suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to his service in the forces and received on or after the 1st day of October, 1923, while he was a member of the forces, subject to the following modifications:—

(a) the reference, in the said sub-section (1), to the Third Schedule of the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to this section;

(b) the reference, in paragraph (a) of the said sub-section (4), to service in the forces shall be construed as a reference to service in the Army Nursing Service.

(3) Every pension granted under section 10 or section 12 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, to a member of the Army Nursing Service shall commence on such date (not being earlier than the date of termination of her service as such member 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.

(4) Every application by a member of the Army Nursing Service for a pension under section 10 or a pension or gratuity under section 12 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, shall be made before the expiration of four years from the date of the termination of her service as such member.

SCHEDULE.

Scale of disability pensions and wound pensions for Members of the Army Nursing Service.