Army Pensions (No. 2) Act, 1960

Amendment of section 14 of the Act of 1927.

6.—(1) Subsection (2) of section 14 (which provides for the grant of allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain cases) of the Act of 1927 shall have effect in relation to every officer and soldier who served with a United Nations Force and who dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) as if, in paragraphs (a) and (b) after “during the emergency period” (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1943) in each case where those words occur, there were inserted “or with a United Nations Force”, subject to the modifications that—

(a) the reference in that subsection to the Seventh Schedule to the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to the Second Schedule to this Act, and

(b) the reference in paragraph (d) of that subsection to the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as amended by this Act.

(2) Subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1927, as amended by subsection (1) of this section, shall, in its application to the dependants (being those mentioned at paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part I and at paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act) of an officer or soldier who dies while serving with a United Nations Force or within four years after his service with such Force terminates, have effect as if each amount specified at the said paragraphs were an amount greater by fifty per cent. than the amount so specified.

(3) Subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (8) and (9) of section 14 of the Act of 1927 shall apply in respect of allowances and gratuities under subsection (2) of that section, as amended by this section, and in respect of persons in respect of whom applications for allowances or gratuities are made under that subsection as so amended.

(4) Every application for an allowance or gratuity under subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1927, as amended by this section, shall be made within twelve months after the date of the death of the person in respect of whom the application is made or within twelve months after the date of the passing of this Act, whichever is the later.