Army Pensions Act, 1957

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Increased Rates of Pensions granted to officers under Sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927.

1. (1) The amount of a disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 2nd day of April, 1950, and at the date of his discharge suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the April, 1922— September, 1924, period shall, in lieu of being an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1953, be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser—

(a) the amount payable to such officer under sub-paragraph (1) of the said paragraph 1, 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 were the appropriate scale contained in the Tables to subsection (2) of section 4 of this Act.

(2) The amount of a disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 2nd day of April, 1950, and at the date of his discharge suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period shall, in lieu of being an amount calculated in accordance with subparagraph (2) of paragraph 1 of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1953, be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser—

(a) the amount payable to such officer under subparagraph (2) of the said paragraph 1, 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 were the appropriate scale contained in the Tables to subsection (2) of section 4 of this Act.

2. The amount of a wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 2nd day of April, 1950, shall, in lieu of being an amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1953, be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser—

(a) the amount payable to such officer under the said paragraph 2 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 were the appropriate scale contained in the Tables to subsection (2) of section 4 of this Act.