Army Pensions (No. 2) Act, 1960

Pensions in respect of disablements due to disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force where disability less than 80 per cent. but not less than 50 per cent.

5.—(1) Where an application is duly made on or after the passing of this Act by a person for a disability pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended and extended by this Act, and the application is referred to the Army Pensions Board under the terms of section 7 of the Act of 1927, then, if such person is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board suffering from a disablement caused by a disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force, the following provisions shall have effect:

(a) if his degree of disablement is found on the date of such examination to be less than eighty per cent. but not less than fifty per cent., there may be granted to such person, if he applies to the Minister therefor, not later than twelve months after such examination, a final pension of £1 9s. 6d. per week commencing from such date (not being earlier than the date of the passing of this Act) as the Minister may determine;

(b) if his degree of disablement is found on the date of such examination to be not less than eighty per cent. but is found on any periodical re-examination under section 6 of the Act of 1923 to be less than eighty per cent, but not less than fifty per cent., there may be granted to such person, if he applies to the Minister therefor, not later than twelve months after such re-examination, a final pension of £1 19s. 3d. per week commencing on such date (not being earlier than the date of the cesser of his former disability pension under the said section 10) as the Minister may determine;

(c) where such person is granted a pension under this subsection, no disability pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended by this Act, shall be granted or payable to him.

(2) Sections 9 to 14 of the Act of 1923 shall apply in respect of pensions granted under this section and to persons to whom such pensions are payable as if such pensions were the pensions mentioned in those sections respectively.

(3) In this section “degree of disablement” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1927.