Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1962
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Increase of certain wound pensions under section 12 of the Act of 1927. |
10.—(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 shall, in lieu of being payable at the rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 which are applicable to his case, be payable at the increased rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act which are applicable to his case. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(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 1961 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) 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 person discharged from the forces on or after the 30thday of July, 1949) is hereby amended by the substitution for Part II (inserted by subsection (4) of section 10 of the Increase Act of 1961) of the following: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“PART II. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wound Pensions—Soldiers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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