Army Pensions Act, 1959

Amendment of section 7 of the Act of 1943.

6.—For the purposes of section 7 of the Act of 1943, as amended by subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 41 of the Act of 1953—

(a) the expression “the appropriate annual sum” means, in respect of a person whose age is seventy years or more—

(i) in relation to a single man or woman or a widower or widow with no children, £78,

(ii) in relation to a married man or woman whose spouse is living but who has no children, £97. 10. 0.,

(iii) in relation to a married man or woman, whose spouse is living and who has children, the sum of the following amounts, namely, £97. 10. 0. and £10. 8. 0. in respect of each child,

(iv) in relation to a widow or widower who has children, the sum of the following amounts, namely, £78, and £10. 8. 0. in respect of each child;

(b) the expression “the appropriate annual sum” means, in respect of a person whose age is less than seventy years,—

(i) in relation to a single man or woman or a widow or widower with no children, £104,

(ii) in relation to a married man or woman whose spouse is living but who has no children, £130,

(iii) in relation to a married man or woman whose spouse is living and who has children, the sum of the following amounts, namely, £130 and £10. 8. 0. in respect of each child,

(iv) in relation to a widow or widower who has children, the sum of the following amounts, namely, £104 and £10. 8. 0. in respect of each child.