Army Pensions Act, 1937

Commencement of certain pensions under the Acts of 1923 and 1927.

12.—(1) The following provision shall apply in respect of any pension granted, on or after the date of the passing of this Act, under the Acts of 1923 and 1927 to a person on account of a wound attributable to service in the forces, that is to say:—

(a) in case the application for such pension was made before the date of the passing of this Act and within the time appointed by paragraph (a) of section 26 of the Act of 1932, such pension shall, save as otherwise expressly provided by this Part of this Act, commence from such date (not being earlier than the 1st day of April, 1932, or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached twenty per cent., whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine;

(b) in any other case, such pension shall commence from such date (not being earlier than the date of the passing of this Act, or the date of the discharge from the forces or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached twenty per cent. whichever is the latest) as the Minister may determine.

(2) Every pension granted, on or after the date of the passing of this Act, under the Act of 1927 to a person on account of disease attributable to service in the forces shall, save as otherwise expressly provided by this Part of this Act, commence on such date (not being earlier than the 1st day of April, 1932, 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.