Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1962
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Increase of disability pensions under section 13 of the Act of 1927. |
11.—(1) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, or to a person determined to have been an officer 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 that Schedule at that reference number. | |
(2) The amount of a disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and before the 2nd day of November, 1955, shall be the amount which would be payable to such officer in respect of such disability pension under the Acts if— | ||
(a) he had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of November, 1955, | ||
(b) his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge and | ||
(c) the scale of pension applicable to him were the appropriate scale contained in the Tables to subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act of 1957, increased by six per cent. | ||
(3) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, or to a person determined to have been a soldier 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) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, 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. |