Army Pensions (No. 2) Act, 1960

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Extension of sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927.

4.—(1) Subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 shall apply to every member of the Chaplaincy Service whose service as such member is terminated (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and who, at the date of such termination, is suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force in like manner as if such member were a person who is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and is, at the date of his discharge, suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the period which commenced on the 1st day of April, 1922, and ended on the 30th day of September, 1924, subject to the modifications that—

(a) the reference in that subsection to four years after his discharge shall be construed as a reference to eight years after the termination of his service as such member, and

(b) the reference to the Third Schedule to the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to the Table to this section.

(2) Subsections (1) and (4) of section 12 (which provides for the grant of wound pensions and gratuities in certain cases) of the Act of 1927 shall apply to every member of the Chaplaincy Service whose service as such member is terminated (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and who, at the date of such termination, is suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service with a United Nations Force in like manner as if such member were an officer who is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and is, at the date of his discharge, suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to his service in the forces and received on or after the 1st day of October, 1923, while he was a member of the forces, subject to the modifications that—

(a) the reference in the said subsection (1) to the Third Schedule to that Act shall be construed as a reference to the Table to this section, and

(b) in paragraph (a) of the said subsection (4)—

(i) the references to £80 and £5 shall be construed, respectively, as references to £140 and £8 15s., and

(ii) the reference to service in the forces shall be construed as a reference to service in the Chaplaincy Service.

(3) For the purpose of the application of sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927 to a member of the Chaplaincy Service, the annual pay of such member shall be taken to be the sum of—

(a) the annual amount of his daily pay,

(b) the annual amount of his consolidated ration allowance, and

(c) an annual allowance in respect of accommodation to be determined by the Minister from time to time with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.

(4) Every application by a member of the Chaplaincy Service for a pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, shall be made before the expiration of eight years from the date of the termination of his service as such member.

(5) Every pension granted under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, to a member of the Chaplaincy Service shall commence from such date (not being earlier than the date of the termination of his service as such member or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached the minimum degree of disablement, whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine.

(6) Every application by a member of the Chaplaincy Service for a pension or gratuity under section 12 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, shall be made before the expiration of twelve months from the date of the termination of his service as such member.

(7) Every pension granted under section 12 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, to a member of the Chaplaincy Service, shall commence from such date (not being earlier than the date of the termination of his service as such member or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached the minimum degree of disablement, whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine.

TABLE

Scale of disability pensions and wound pensions for members of the Chaplaincy Service.