The Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme (Amendment) Order 1972

Made: 21st September 1972

Coming into Operation: 2nd October 1972

The Secretary of State for Social Services, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the Polish Resettlement Act 1947, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—

Citation, interpretation and commencement

1

This order, which may be cited as the Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme (Amendment) Order 1972, amends the Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme 1964[^f00001], as extended[^f00002], (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”), and shall come into operation on 2nd October 1972.

Amendment of Article 5 of the Scheme

2

In Article 5 of the Scheme (entitlement) there shall be made the amendments set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE — Amendment of Article 5 of the Scheme

In Article 5 (entitlement) in paragraph (1) the words from “and provided further that” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted, and paragraph (4) is hereby revoked.

Signed

Keith Joseph — Secretary of State for Social Services — 19th September 1972

We consent.

P.L. Hawkins — V.H. Goodhew — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 21st September 1972

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This order amends the Pensions (Polish Forces) Scheme 1964 so as to remove a restriction under which no award could be made in respect of the death of a member of the Polish forces, occurring more than 7 years after the termination of his service, unless he had been in receipt of a pension in respect of disablement.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: (1964 III, p. 5076).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1972/95 (1972 I, p. 263).