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ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1953

Type Act
Publication 1953-08-05
Last updated 1995-06-20
State Partially repealed superseded text
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
articles 58

This is the act as published. Later amendments are not folded into the text below: each one is a separate act in this repository and an entry in this law's history.

33 amending acts · 1995-06-20, S.I. No. 156/1995 - Army Pensions (Increase) Regulations, 1995

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  • (b) the amount which would be payable under the Acts if the Increase Act of 1949 had not been passed and 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.
  • (2) The amount of a disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 2nd day of September, 1946, and at the date of his discharge suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period shall be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser—
  • (a) the amount of such disability pension which would be payable if the Increase Act of 1949 had not been passed, increased by the appropriate sum;
  • (b) the amount which would be payable under the Acts if—
  • (i) the officer had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of September, 1946, and
  • (ii) his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge, and
  • (iii) the scale of pension applicable were that set out in the Table to this Schedule.
  • (3) The amount of a disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces on or after the 2nd day of September, 1946, and before the 2nd day of April, 1950, shall be the amount which would be payable if the scale of pension applicable were that set out in the Table to this Schedule.
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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 2nd day of September, 1946, shall be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser—

  • (a) the amount of such wound pension which would be payable if the Increase Act of 1949 had not been passed, increased by the appropriate sum;
  • (b) the amount which would be payable if—
  • (i) the officer had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of September, 1946, and
  • (ii) his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge, and
  • (iii) the scale of pension applicable were that set out in the Table to this Schedule.

TABLE TO THIRD SCHEDULE.
Degree of Disablement Scale of Pension
100 60% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £170 per annum, whichever is the greater.
90 54% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £158 per annum, whichever is the greater.
80 48% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £144 per annum, whichever is the greater.
70 42% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £126 per annum, whichever is the greater.
60 36% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £108 per annum whichever is the greater.
50 30% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £90 per annum whichever is the greater.
40 24% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £72 per annum, whichever is the greater.
30 18% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £54 per annum, whichever is the greater.
20 12% of annual pay at the date of discharge, or the sum of £36 per annum, whichever is the greater.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Revised scale of pensions granted—

  • (a) under section 10 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers suffering from disablement caused by disease attributable to service during the April, 1922-September, 1924, period,
  • (b) under section 12 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers discharged before the 30th day of July, 1949, suffering from disablement caused by wound attributable to service (other than service during the emergency period),
  • (c) under section 13 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers discharged on or after the 1st day of October, 1924.
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Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement Rates of Pension per week according to degree of Disablement
Rank at Discharge from Forces Rank at Discharge from Forces Rank at Discharge from Forces Group 100% 100% 95% 95% 90% 90% 85% 85% 80% 80% 75% 75% 70% 70% 65% 65% 60% 60% 55% 55% 50% 50% 45% 45% 40% 40% 35% 35% 30% 30% 25% 25% 20% 20%
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Private I 39 0 37 1 35 2 33 2 31 3 29 3 27 3 25 4 23 5 21 5 19 6 17 7 15 8 13 8 11 9 9 9 7 9
Corporal II 45 0 42 9 40 6 38 3 36 0 33 9 31 6 29 3 27 0 24 9 22 6 20 3 18 0 15 9 13 6 11 3 9 0
Sergeant Co. Q.M. Sergeant } III 51 0 48 5 45 11 43 4 40 9 38 3 35 9 33 2 30 8 28 1 25 6 22 11 20 5 17 10 15 3 12 9 10 3
Co. Sergeant Batt. Q.M.S. } IV 57 0 54 2 51 3 48 5 45 8 42 9 39 11 37 1 34 3 31 5 28 6 25 8 22 9 19 11 17 2 14 3 11 5
Sergeant Major V 61 2 59 0 56 8 53 6 50 5 47 2 44 0 40 11 37 9 34 8 31 6 28 4 25 2 22 0 18 11 15 8 12 6

FIFTH SCHEDULE. Increase of Wound and Disability Pensions Granted under section 10 of the Act of 1932.
Ref. No. Existing Rate of Pension per Annum Existing Rate of Pension per Annum Existing Rate of Pension per Annum Existing Rate of Married Pension per Week Increased Rate of Pension per Annum Increased Rate of Pension per Annum Increased Rate of Pension per Annum Increased Rate of Married Pension per Week
(1) (2) (2) (2) (3) (4) (4) (4) (5)
1. £180 0 0 11/3d. £210 0 0 14/1d.
2. £171 0 0 10/7d. £199 10 0 13/3d.
3. £162 0 0 10/- £189 0 0 12/6d.
4. £153 0 0 9/6d. £178 10 0 11/11d.
5. £144 0 0 9/0d. £170 0 0 11/3d.
6. £129 7 6 8/4d. £162 10 0 10/5d.
7. £120 15 0 7/9d. £155 0 0 9/8d.
8. £112 2 6 7/3d. £146 5 0 9/1d.
9. £103 10 0 6/9d. £135 0 0 8/5d.
10. £94 17 6 6/1d. £123 15 0 7/7d.
11. £86 5 0 5/6d. £112 10 0 6/11d.
12. £74 5 0 5/- £101 5 0 6/3d.
13. £66 0 0 4/6d. £90 0 0 5/8d.
14. £57 15 0 3/10d. £78 15 0 4/10d.
15. £49 10 0 3/3d. £67 10 0 4/1d.
16. £41 5 0 2/9d. £56 5 0 3/5d.
17. £33 0 0 2/3d. £45 0 0 2/10d.

SIXTH SCHEDULE. Revised Rates of Pensions under Part VI of the Act of 1937.
Degree of Disablement Pension
(1) (2)
per cent. per annum
100 £150
90 £135
80 £120
70 £105
60 £90
50 £75
40 £60
30 £45
20 £30

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