The War Pensions (Chinese Seamen and Indian Seamen) (Revocations) Order 1988

Made: 18th March 1988

Coming into force: 11th April 1988

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 7(3) of the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the War Pensions (Chinese Seamen and Indian Seamen) (Revocations) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

Revocation of Schemes relating to Indian and Chinese seamen

2

The War Pensions (Indian Seamen, etc.) Scheme 1944[^f00002], the War Pensions (Chinese Seamen, etc.) Scheme 1944[^f00003] and the War Pensions (Indian Seamen, Etc.) (Amendment) Scheme 1963[^f00004] are hereby revoked.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Skelmersdale — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Health and Social Security — 18th March 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 11th April 1988, revokes the War Pensions (Indian Seamen, etc.) Scheme 1944 and the War Pensions (Chinese Seamen, etc.) Scheme 1944 in order to remove provisions under which the rate of war pension payable to certain non-British seamen employed on British ships is lower than that payable to British seamen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1939 c. 83.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1944/1083.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1944/1186.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1963/1111.