Army Pensions Act, 1960

Amendment of section 2 of the Act of 1946.

26.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 8 or 9 of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1923 or in section 7 or 8 of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1923, an allowance may be granted under section 2 of the Act of 1946 to the widow or child of a deceased person to whom the said section 2 applies whether such widow or child was or was not wholly or partially dependent on such deceased person at the date of his death.

(2) Where an allowance is granted by virtue of subsection (1) of this section to the widow or child of a deceased person—

(a) the allowance shall commence on such date (not earlier than the 21st day of July, 1959) as the Minister may determine,

(b) subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act of 1946 shall not apply in relation to the commencement of the allowance.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts, an application for the grant of an allowance which may be granted by virtue of subsection (1) of this section may be made not later than the 20th day of July, 1960.

(4) Section 7 of the Act of 1959 (which restricts the grant of an allowance or gratuity to the widow or child of a deceased person to whom section 2 of the Act of 1946 applies) shall not be construed as affecting the operation of subsection (3) of section 40 of the Act of 1953.

(5) The preceding subsections of this section shall be deemed to have come into operation on and shall have effect on and from the 21st day of July, 1959.