Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964
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Increase of certain wound pensions and gratuities under section 12 of the Act of 1927. |
9.—(1) The amount of a wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 16th day of December, 1959, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions set out in the Third Schedule to this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier who was discharged from the forces before the 30th day of July, 1949, and who at the date of his discharge was suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service in the forces other than during the emergency period and 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(3) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier who was discharged from the forces before the 30th day of July, 1949, and who at the date of his discharge was suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period, and 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) Subsection (4) of section 12 of the Act of 1927, as amended by section 11 of the Act of 1957, is hereby further amended— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) by the substitution in paragraph (a) of “two hundred and one pounds” for “one hundred and forty pounds” and “twelve pounds and ten shillings” for “eight pounds and fifteen shillings”, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(b) by the substitution in paragraph (b) of “one hundred pounds and ten shillings” for “seventy pounds” and “six pounds and five shillings” for “four pounds seven shillings and sixpence”. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(5) The First Schedule to the Act of 1949 (which specifies the amount of a wound pension payable under section 12 of the Act of 1927 to persons discharged from the forces on or after the 30th day of July, 1949) is hereby amended by the substitution for Part II (inserted by subsection (4) of section 10 of the Increase Act of 1962) of the following: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“PART II. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wound Pensions—Soldiers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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