Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964
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Increase of disability pensions under section 13 of the Act of 1927. |
10.—(1) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, or to a person determined to have been an officer, which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number, shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number. | |
(2) The amount of a disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and before the 16th day of December, 1959, shall be the amount which would be payable to such officer in respect of such disability pension under the Acts if— | ||
(a) he had been discharged from the forces on the 16th day of December, 1959, | ||
(b) his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge, and | ||
(c) the scale of pension applicable to him were the appropriate scale contained in the Tables to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act of 1957. | ||
(3) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, or to a person determined to have been a soldier, which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 at a particular reference number, shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number. | ||
(4) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number. |