Army Pensions Act, 1957

Provisions in relation to qualified persons and the payment of special allowances.

33.—(1) Where a person is a qualified person for the purposes of section 7 of the Act of 1943 by reason of—

(a) being a person who was a member of an organisation to which Part II of the Act of 1932 applies, and

(b) having been granted a medal in respect of continuous membership during the period of three months which ended on the 11th day of July, 1921, the Minister being satisfied that it was duly awarded,

and the Minister ceases to be satisfied that the medal was duly awarded, then, that person shall cease to be a qualified person for the purposes of the said section 7 of the Act of 1943 and, if a special allowance is in course of payment to him, the Minister may stop payment thereof.

(2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, a person ceases to be a qualified person for the purposes of section 7 of the Act of 1943 and the Minister subsequently becomes satisfied that the medal referred to in paragraph (b) of the said subsection (1) was duly awarded to him, that person shall become a qualified person for the said purposes and section 7 of the Act of 1943 shall again operate to enable a special allowance to be granted to him from such date, not being earlier than the date on which payment of the allowance was stopped under subsection (1) of this section, as the Minister may determine.

(3) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the date of the passing of the Act of 1946.