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23 1953

ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1953

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Increased Rates of Pensions granted to Officers under sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927.

Sections 20 (1); 22 (1).

1. (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 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 April, 1922-September, 1924, 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 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.

2. 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.