Army Pensions Act, 1953

Interpretation.

2.—(1) In this Act—

“the Act of 1923” means the Army Pensions Act, 1923 (No. 26 of 1923);

“the Act of 1927” means the Army Pensions Act, 1927 (No. 12 of 1927);

“the Act of 1932” means the Army Pensions Act, 1932 (No. 24 of 1932);

“the Act of 1937” means the Army Pensions Act, 1937 (No. 15 of 1937);

“the Act of 1941” means the Army Pensions Act, 1941 (No. 2 of 1941);

“the Act of 1943” means the Army Pensions Act, 1943 (No. 14 of 1943);

“the Act of 1946” means the Army Pensions Act, 1946 (No. 3 of 1946);

“the Act of 1949” means the Army Pensions Act, 1949 (No. 19 of 1949);

“the Increase Act of 1949” means the Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1949 (No. 28 of 1949);

“the Acts” means the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 to 1949, but does not include this Act;

“the April, 1922-September, 1924, period” means the period which commenced on the 1st day of April, 1922, and ended on the 30th September, 1924;

“military service” has the meaning assigned to that expression by subsection (1) of section 5 of the Act of 1932 for the purposes of Part II of that Act;

“pre-truce military service” means military service during any part of the period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1916, and ending on the 11th day of July, 1921;

“post-truce military service” means military service during any part of the period beginning on the 12th day of July, 1921, and ending on the 30th day of September, 1923.

(2) This Act shall be construed as one with the Acts.

(3) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.