Army Pensions (Increase) Act , 1964

1 Interpretation.

1.—(1) In this Act—

“the Act of 1923” means the Army Pensions Act, 1923;

“the Act of 1927” means the Army Pensions Act, 1927;

“the Act of 1932” means the Army Pensions Act, 1932;

“the Act of 1937” means the Army Pensions Act, 1937;

“the Act of 1941” means the Army Pensions Act, 1941;

“the Act of 1943” means the Army Pensions Act, 1943;

“the Act of 1946” means the Army Pensions Act, 1946;

“the Act of 1949” means the Army Pensions Act, 1949;

“the Act of 1953” means the Army Pensions Act, 1953;

“the Act of 1957” means the Army Pensions Act, 1957;

“the Act of 1959” means the Army Pensions Act, 1959;

“the Act of 1960” means the Army Pensions Act, 1960;

“the No. 2 Act of 1960” means the Army Pensions (No. 2) Act, 1960;

“the Increase Act of 1961” means the Army Pensions (Increase) Act 1961;

“the Act of 1962” means the Army Pensions Act, 1962;

“the Increase Act of 1962” means the Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1962;

“the Acts” means the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 to 1962;

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

(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.

2 Increase of wound pensions and gratuities under section 1 of the Act of 1923.

2.—(1) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) The amount of a wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to an officer discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and before the 16th day of December, 1959, shall be the amount which would be payable to such officer in respect of such wound pension under the Acts if—

(a) he had been discharged from the forces on the 16th day of December, 1959,

(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.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply in the case of an officer discharged from the forces on the 18th day of December, 1954.

(4) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 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.

(5) Section 1 of the Act of 1923, as amended by section 4 of the Act of 1957, is hereby further amended by the substitution, in subsection (3), of “£251” for “£175” and “£150 10s. 0d.” for “£105”, and section 3 of the Act of 1923 (in so far as it relates to the grant of a gratuity) shall have effect accordingly.

3 Increase of wound pensions under section 3 of the Act of 1923.

3.—(1) A wound pension granted under section 3 of the Act of 1923 to a person deemed to have held the rank of officer in the forces which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) A wound pension granted under section 3 of the Act of 1923 to a person deemed to have held the rank of soldier in the forces which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 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 Amendment of Second Schedule to the Act of 1923.

4.—The Second Schedule (which specifies allowances for dependants of certain deceased officers) to the Act of 1923 is hereby amended in the following respects—

(a) in paragraph 1, “£217” shall be substituted for “£206 10s.” (inserted by section 5 of the Increase Act of 1962), and “£270” shall be substituted for “£188” (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 1957),

(b) in paragraphs 2 and 3, “£60” and “£98 10s.” shall be substituted for “£57” and “£94” (inserted by section 5 of the Increase Act of 1962) respectively, and

(c) in paragraph 5, “£2 9s. 3d.” shall be substituted for “£2 7s.” (inserted by section 5 of the Increase Act of 1962).

5 Amendment of Third Schedule to the Act of 1923.

5.—The Third Schedule (which specifies allowances for dependants of certain deceased soldiers) to the Act of 1923 is hereby amended in the following respects—

(a) in paragraph 1, “£2 3s. 6d.” shall be substituted for “£2 1s. 6d.” (inserted by section 6 of the Increase Act of 1962) and “£112 10s.” shall be substituted for “£78 10s.” (inserted by section 7 of the Act of 1957),

(b) in paragraph 2, “12s. 6d.”, “8s. 6d.” and “£1 1s. 6d.” shall be substituted for “12s. 0d.”, “8s. 0d.” and “£1 0s. 6d.” (inserted by section 6 of the Increase Act of 1962) respectively, and

(c) in paragraph 4, “£1 17s. 3d.” shall be substituted for “£1 15s. 6d.” (inserted by section 6 of the Increase Act of 1962).

6 Increase of disability pensions under section 9 of the Act of 1927.

6.—(1) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1927 to an officer which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 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.

7 Increase of disability pensions under section 10 of the Act of 1927.

7.—(1) 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 16th day of December, 1959, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.

(2) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier suffering at the date of his discharge from the forces from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the April, 1922-September, 1924, period, and which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 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.

(3) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier who was at the date of his discharge from the forces suffering from a disablement caused by disease 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 1962 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 (which specifies the scales and rates of disability pensions payable under section 10 of the Act of 1927 to officers and soldiers and members of the Army Nursing Service suffering from disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force) to the No. 2 Act of 1960, as amended by section 8 of the Increase Act of 1962, is hereby further amended—

(a) by the substitution for Part II of the following—

“PART II.

Degree of Disablement			Rates of Disability Pension per week
			£	s.	d.
100	per	cent.	4	17	6
90	”	”	4	11	0
80	”	”	4	1	6

”

and

(b) by the substitution for Part IV of the following—

“PART IV.

Degree of Disablement			Scale of pension per annum
			£	s.	d.
100	per	cent.	255	0	0
90	”	”	239	0	0
80	”	”	213	0	0

.”

8 Increase of wound pensions and gratuities under section 11 of the Act of 1927.

8.—(1) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 11 of the Act of 1927 to an officer which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 11 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 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.

(3) Subsection (4) of section 11 of the Act of 1927, as amended by section 10 of the Act of 1957, is hereby further amended by the substitution of “£251” for “£175” and “£150 10s.” for “£105”.

9 Increase of certain wound pensions and gratuities under section 12 of the Act of 1927.

9.—(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 and which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 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.

(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 1962 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) Subsection (4) of section 12 of the Act of 1927, as amended by section 11 of the Act of 1957, is hereby further amended—

(a) by the substitution in paragraph (a) of “two hundred and one pounds” for “one hundred and forty pounds” and “twelve pounds and ten shillings” for “eight pounds and fifteen shillings”,

(b) by the substitution in paragraph (b) of “one hundred pounds and ten shillings” for “seventy pounds” and “six pounds and five shillings” for “four pounds seven shillings and sixpence”.

(5) 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 persons discharged from the forces on or after the 30th day of July, 1949) is hereby amended by the substitution for Part II (inserted by subsection (4) of section 10 of the Increase Act of 1962) of the following:

“PART II.

Degree of Disablement			Rate of Pension per week
			£	s.	d.
100	per	cent.	4	17	6
90	”	”	4	11	0
80	”	”	4	1	6
70	”	”	3	11	6
60	”	”	3	2	6
50	”	”	2	12	3
40	”	”	2	1	6
30	”	”	1	11	3
20	”	”	1	0	9

.”

10 Increase of disability pensions under section 13 of the Act of 1927.

10.—(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 (3) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number, shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) 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 16th day of December, 1959, 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 16th day of December, 1959,

(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.

(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 1962 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, and which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1962 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.

11 Increased rates of further and married pensions for officers.

11.—A further or married pension shall be payable to an officer at the rate shown in column (2) of the Table to this section opposite the appropriate degree of disablement shown in column (1) of that Table, in substitution for the corresponding rate in respect of that degree of disablement specified in the sixth column of the First Schedule to the Act of 1923, as amended, and the third column of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1927, as amended.

Table.

Degree of Disablement			Rate of further or married pension per week
(1)			(2)
			£	s.	d.
100	per	cent.	1	9	0
90	”	”	1	6	3
80	”	”	1	3	3
70	”	”	1	0	6
60	”	”		17	6
50	”	”		14	6
40	”	”		11	9
30	”	”		8	9
20	”	”		5	9

12 Increased rates of further and married pensions for soldiers.

12.—A further pension (in the case of a non-commissioned officer or man) or a married pension (in the case of a soldier) shall be payable at the rate shown in column (2) of the Table to this section opposite the appropriate degree of disablement shown in column (1) of that Table, in substitution for the corresponding rate in respect of that degree of disablement specified in the seventh column of the First Schedule to the Act of 1923, as amended, the fifth column of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1927, as amended, and the third column of the table to subsection (6) of section 3 of the Act of 1943, as amended.

Table.