Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1949
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Increase of wound pensions 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 (2) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the said First Schedule at that reference number. | |
(2) 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, shall be increased by whichever of the following sums is the lesser— | ||
(a) a sum equal to one-sixth of the pension, | ||
(b) the sum required to bring the amount of the pension up to that which would have been payable under the Acts if the officer had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of September, 1946, and his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge. | ||
(3) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to a soldier which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (2) of the Second Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the said Second Schedule at that reference number. |