Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964

Increase of wound pensions and gratuities under section 1 of the Act of 1923.

2.—(1) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) The amount of a wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to an officer discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and before the 16th day of December, 1959, shall be the amount which would be payable to such officer in respect of such wound pension under the Acts if—

(a) he had been discharged from the forces on the 16th day of December, 1959,

(b) his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge, and

(c) the scale of pension applicable to him were the appropriate scale contained in the Tables to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act of 1957.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply in the case of an officer discharged from the forces on the 18th day of December, 1954.

(4) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

(5) Section 1 of the Act of 1923, as amended by section 4 of the Act of 1957, is hereby further amended by the substitution, in subsection (3), of “£251” for “£175” and “£150 10s. 0d.” for “£105”, and section 3 of the Act of 1923 (in so far as it relates to the grant of a gratuity) shall have effect accordingly.