Pensions Commutation Act, 1882

PENSIONS COMMUTATION ACT 1882

CHAPTER XLIV.

An Act to authorise the Commutation of a portion of a Pension in pursuance of the Pensions Commutation Act, 1871. [18th August 1882.]

[Preamble recites 34 & 35 Vict. c. 36.]

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Pensions Commutation Act, 1882.

Construction.

34 & 35 Vict. c. 36.

39 & 40 Vict. c. 73.

2. This Act and the Pensions Commutation Acts, 1871 and 1876, may be cited as the Pensions Commutation Acts, 1871 to 1882.

Power to commute a portion of a pension under 34 & 35 Vict. c. 36.

3. Where the Treasury have power, in pursuance of the Pensions Commutation Act, 1871, to commute the pension of any person, the Treasury shall also have power to commute a portion of such pension, and the provisions of the Pensions Commutation Acts, 1871 and 1876, shall apply accordingly to the portion of the pension in like manner, so nearly as circumstances admit, as they apply to the whole pension.