Army Pensions Act, 1953

PART IV.

Amendment of the Acts in Relation to Married Pensions and Widows' Allowances.

Amendment of the Acts in relation to married pensions.

39.—(1) In this section “the relevant provisions of the Acts” means—

(a) subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act of 1923,

(b) subsection (2) of section 9, subsection (2) of section 10, subsection (2) of section 11, subsection (2) of section 12 and subsection (2) of section 13 of the Act of 1927, and

(c) subsection (3) of section 10 of the Act of 1932.

(2) The relevant provisions of the Acts, as respects any person who was engaged in pre-truce military service and who is in receipt of a disability pension or a wound pension under the Acts, shall, with effect from the 1st day of January, 1953, be construed as if, in respect of a disease contracted during service which terminated before the 10th day of December, 1932, or a wound received before the 10th day of December, 1932, the sole condition necessary as to the marriage of that person for the grant of a further pension or a married pension to such person was that such marriage took place before the 10th day of December, 1932, and accordingly, the appropriate further pension or married pension shall, on application being made to the Minister, be payable under the Acts, from the 1st day of January, 1953, or from the date of the commencement of the disability pension or the wound pension, whichever is the later, to such person provided he was, on whichever of the said dates is applicable, a married man for the purposes of the Acts.

(3) Every application for a pension under the relevant provisions of the Acts as amended by this Act shall be made not later than twelve months after the date of the passing of this Act and shall be in such form and contain such particulars as the Minister may require.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising the payment of a further pension or a married pension to a person who was granted such pension in respect of a period before the 10th day of December, 1932, and whose wife died and who re-married before that date.