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Uimhir 39 de 1960.
AN tACHT ARM-PHINSEAN (Uimh. 2), 1960.
[An tiontú oifigiúil.]
Léiriú.
1.—(1) San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn “Acht 1923” an tAcht Arm-Phinsean, 1923;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1927” an tAcht Arm-Phinsean, 1927;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1943” an tAcht Arm-Phinsean, 1943;
ciallaíonn “na hAchtanna” na hAchtanna Arm-Phinsean, 1923 go 1960, ach ní fholaíonn sé an tAcht seo.
(2) Forléireofar an tAcht seo agus na hAchtanna mar aon ní amháin.
(3) Déanfar na tagairtí san Acht seo d'aon achtachán a fhorléiriú mar thagairtí don achtachán sin arna leasú le haon achtachán ina dhiaidh sin.
Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe.
2.—Ciallaíonn an abairt “Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe”, gach áit a bhfuil sé san Acht seo agus in aon leasú ar Acht 1927 a dhéantar leis an Acht seo, fórsa nó comhlacht arna bhunú ag Comhairle Slándála nó Comhthionól Ginearálta na Náisiún Aontaithe chun dualgais áirithe a chomhlíonadh.
Alt 10 d'Acht 1927 a leasú.
3.—(1) Beidh éifeacht ag alt 10 (a dhéanann foráil le haghaidh pinsin mhíthreora a dheonú i gcásanna áirithe) d'Acht 1927, arna leathnú le fo-alt (1) d'alt 4 d'Acht 1943 chun baint a bheith aige le Seirbhís Altranais an Airm, maidir le gach duine a urscaoileadh as na fórsaí nó a ndearnadh a sheirbhís i Seirbhís Altranais an Airm a fhoirceannadh (cibé acu roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis sin é) amhail is dá ndéantaí “nó le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe” a chur isteach, i bhfo-alt (1), i ndiaidh “i rith na tréimhse práinne” (a cuireadh isteach le halt 3 d'Acht 1943), faoi réir na modhnuithe, maidir le míchumas de dheasca galar is inchurtha i leith seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe—
(a) go ndéanfar an tagairt san fho-alt sin do cheithre bliana a fhorléiriú mar thagairt d'ocht mbliana, agus
(b) gurb iad na scálaí agus na rátaí pinsean na scálaí agus na rátaí pinsean a shonraítear chuige sin sna forálacha sin den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo is infheidhmithe.
(2) Gach iarratas ar phinsean faoi alt 10 d'Acht 1927, arna leasú leis an alt seo, déanfar é laistigh d'ocht mbliana ó dháta an urscaoilte nó foirceannadh na seirbhíse, de réir mar a bheidh.
(3) Gach pinsean a dheonófar faoi alt 10 d'Acht 1927, arna leasú leis an alt seo, tosóidh sé ó cibé dáta (nach luaithe ná dáta an urscaoilte nó foirceannadh na seirbhíse, de réir mar a bheidh, nó an dáta a gcinnfidh Bord na nArm-Phinsean gurb é an dáta é a shroich an mhíthreoir an grád íosta míchumais, cibé acu is déanaí) a chinnfidh an tAire.
Ailt 10 agus 12 d'Acht 1927 a leathnú.
4.—(1) Beidh feidhm ag fo-alt (1) d'alt 10 d'Acht 1927 i gcás gach comhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta ar foirceannadh (cibé acu roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis sin é) a sheirbhís mar chomhalta den sórt sin agus míchumas air, ar dháta an fhoirceannta sin, de dheasca galar is inchurtha i leith seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe sa tslí chéanna is dá mba dhuine é an comhalta sin a urscaoileadh as na fórsaí an lú lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1924, nó dá éis, agus ar a raibh, ar dháta a urscaoilte, míchumas de dheasca galar ab inchurtha i leith seirbhíse sna fórsaí i rith na tréimhse dar thosach an lú lá d'Aibreán, 1922, agus dar chríoch an 30ú lá de Mheán Fómhair, 1924, faoi réir na modhnuithe—
(a) go ndéanfar an tagairt san fho-alt sin do cheithre bliana tar éis a urscaoilte a fhorléiriú mar thagairt d'ocht mbliana tar éis a sheirbhís mar chomhalta den sórt sin a bheith foirceannta, agus
(b) go ndéanfar an tagairt don Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1927 a fhorléiriú mar thagairt don Tábla a ghabhann leis an alt seo.
(2) Beidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (1) agus (4) d'alt 12 (a dhéanann foráil le haghaidh pinsin chréachta agus aiscí a dheonú i gcásanna áirithe) d'Acht 1927 maidir le gach comhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta ar foirceannadh (cibé acu roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis sin é) a sheirbhís mar chomhalta den sórt sin agus míchumas air, ar dháta an fhoirceannta sin, de dheasca créacht is inchurtha i leith seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe sa tslí chéanna is dá mba oifigeach é an comhalta sin a urscaoileadh as na fórsaí an lú lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1924, nó dá éis, agus ar a raibh, ar dháta a urscaoilte, míchumas de dheasca créacht ab inchurtha i leith a sheirbhíse sna fórsaí agus a bhain dó an lú lá de Dheireadh Fómhair, 1923, nó dá éis sin, agus é ina chomhalta de na fórsaí, faoi réir na modhnuithe—
(a) go ndéanfar an tagairt san fho-alt sin (1) don Tríú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht sin a fhorléiriú mar thagairt don Tábla a ghabhann leis an alt seo, agus
(b) i mír (a) den fho-alt sin (4)—
(i) go ndéanfar na tagairtí do £80 agus £5 a fhorléiriú, faoi seach, mar thagairtí do £140 agus £8 15s., agus
(ii) go ndéanfar an tagairt do sheirbhís sna fórsaí a fhorléiriú mar thagairt do sheirbhís sa tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta.
(3) Chun críocha ailt 10 agus 12 d'Acht 1927 a fheidhmiú maidir le comhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta, measfar gurb é pá bliantúil an chomhalta sin a suim seo a leanas—
(a) suim bhliantúil a phá laethúil,
(b) suim bhliantúil a liúntais chomhdhlúite chiondála, agus
(c) liúntas bliantúil i leith cóiríochta a chinnfidh an tAire ó am go ham le comhthoiliú an Aire Airgeadais.
(4) Gach iarratas ó chomhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta ar phinsean faoi alt 10 d'Acht 1927, arna leathnú leis an alt seo, déanfar é laistigh d'ocht mbliana ó dháta foirceannta a sheirbhíse mar chomhalta den sórt sin.
(5) Gach pinsean a dheonófar faoi alt 10 d'Acht 1927, arna leathnú leis an alt seo, do chomhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta tosóidh sé ó cibé dáta (nach luaithe ná dáta foirceannta a sheirbhíse mar chomhalta den sórt sin nó an dáta a gcinnfidh Bord na nArm-Phinsean gurb é an dáta é a shroich an mhíthreoir an grád íosta míchumais, cibé acu is déanaí) a chinnfidh an tAire.
(6) Gach iarratas ó chomhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta ar phinsean nó aisce faoi alt 12 d'Acht 1927, arna leathnú leis an alt seo, déanfar é laistigh de dhá mhí dhéag ó dháta foirceannta a sheirbhíse mar chomhalta den sórt sin.
(7) Gach pinsean a dheonófar faoi alt 12 d'Acht 1927, arna leathnú leis an alt seo, do chomhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta, tosóidh sé ó cibé dáta (nach luaithe ná dáta foirceannta a sheirbhíse mar chomhalta den sórt sin nó ón dáta a gcinnfidh Bord na nArm-Phinsean gurb é an dáta é a shroich an mhíthreoir an grád íosta míchumais, cibé acu is déanaí) a chinnfidh an tAire.
AN TÁBLA. | |||
Scála pinsean míthreora agus pinsean créachta do chomhaltaí den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta. | |||
An Grád Míchumais | Scála an Phinsin Mhíchumais arna lua mar chéatadán den phá bliantúil ar dháta foirceannta na seirbhíse | ||
faoin gcéad | faoin gcéad | ||
100 | 55 | ||
90 | 50 | ||
80 | 44 | ||
70 | 39 | ||
60 | 33 | ||
50 | 28 | ||
40 | 22 | ||
30 | 17 | ||
20 | 11 | ||
Pinsin i leith míchumas de dheasca galar is inchurtha i leith seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe i gcás inar lú ná 80 faoin gcéad ach nach lú ná 50 faoin gcéad an mhíthreoir.
5.—(1) I gcás duine do dhéanamh iarratais go cuí ar dháta an Achta seo a rith nó dá éis ar phinsean míthreora faoi alt 10 d'Acht 1927, arna leasú agus arna leathnú leis an Acht seo, agus go gcuirfear an t-iarratas faoi bhráid Bhord na nArm-Phinsean faoi théarmaí alt 7 d'Acht 1927, ansin, má bhíonn míchumas de dheasca galar is inchurtha i leith seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe ar an duine sin ar dháta a scrúdaithe ag Bord na nArm-Phinsean, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha seo a leanas:
(a) má chinnfear gur lú ná ochtó faoin gcéad ach nach lú ná caoga faoin gcéad a ghrád míchumais ar dháta an scrúdaithe sin, féadfar, tráth nach déanaí ná dhá mhí dhéag tar éis an scrúdaithe sin, pinsean deiridh £1 9s. 6d. sa tseachtain a dheonú don duine sin, má iarrann sé sin ar an Aire, agus é ag tosú ó cibé dáta (nach luaithe ná dáta an Achta seo a rith) a chinnfidh an tAire;
(b) má chinntear nach lú ná ochtó faoin gcéad a ghrád míchumais ar dháta an scrúdaithe sin ach go gcinnfear ar aon athscrúdú ó am go ham faoi alt 6 d'Acht 1923 gur lú ná ochtó faoin gcéad ach nach lú ná caoga faoin gcéad é, féadfar, tráth nach déanaí ná dhá mhí dhéag tar éis an athscrúdaithe sin, pinsean deiridh £1 19s. 3d. sa tseachtain a dheonú don duine sin, má iarrann sé sin ar an Aire, agus é ag tosú ó cibé dáta (nach luaithe ná an dáta a scoir an pinsean míthreora a bhí aige roimhe sin faoin alt sin 10) a chinnfidh an tAire;
(c) má dheonaítear pinsean don duine sin faoin bhfo-alt seo, ní dheonófar dó ná ní bheidh iníoctha leis aon phinsean míthreora faoi alt 10 d'Acht 1927 arna leasú leis an Acht seo.
(2) Beidh feidhm ag ailt 9 go 14 d'Acht 1923 maidir le pinsin a dheonófar faoin alt seo agus i gcás daoine lenar iníoctha na pinsin sin amhail is dá mba iad na pinsin sin na pinsin a luaitear sna hailt sin faoi seach.
(3) San alt seo tá le “grád míchumais” an bhrí atá le “grád díthe” in Acht 1927.
Alt 14 d'Acht 1927 a leasú.
6.—(1) Beidh éifeacht ag fo-alt (2) d'alt 14 (a dhéanann foráil le haghaidh liúntais agus aiscí a dheonú do chleithiúnaithe i gcásanna áirithe) d'Acht 1927 maidir le gach oifigeach agus saighdiúir a d'fhónaigh le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe agus a d'éag (roimh dháta an Achta seo a rith nó dá éis) amhail is dá ndéantaí “nó le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe” a chur isteach i míreanna (a) agus (b) i ndiaidh “nó i rith na tréimhse práinne” (a cuireadh isteach le halt 5 d'Acht 1943) i ngach cás a bhfuil na focail sin, faoi réir na modhnuithe—
(a) go ndéanfar an tagairt san fho-alt sin don Seachtú Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1927 a fhorléiriú mar thagairt don Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo, agus
(b) go ndéanfar an tagairt i mír (d) den fho-alt sin d'Acht 1927 a fhorléiriú mar thagairt don Acht sin arna leasú leis an Acht seo.
(2) Nuair a bheidh fo-alt (2) d'alt 14 d'Acht 1927, arna leasú le fo-alt (1) den alt seo, á fheidhmiú maidir le cleithiúnaithe (arb iad na cleithiúnaithe iad a luaitear i míreanna 1 agus 3 de Chuid I agus i míreanna 1 agus 3 de Chuid II den Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo) oifigigh nó shaighdiúra a d'éag agus é ag fónamh le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe nó laistigh de cheithre bliana tar éis deireadh a bheith lena sheirbhís leis an bhFórsa sin, beidh éifeacht aige amhail is dá mba é a bhí i ngach méid a shonraítear sna míreanna sin méid is mó de chaoga faoin gcéad ná an méid a shonraítear amhlaidh.
(3) Beidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (3), (4), (5), (6), (8) agus (9) d'alt 14 d'Acht 1927 maidir le liúntais agus aiscí faoi fho-alt (2) den alt sin, arna leasú leis an alt seo, agus fós maidir le daoine a ndéanfar iarratais ina leith ar liúntais nó aiscí faoin bhfo-alt sin arna leasú amhlaidh.
(4) Gach iarratas ar liúntas nó aisce faoi fho-alt (2) d'alt 14 d'Acht 1927, arna leasú leis an alt seo, déanfar é laistigh de dhá mhí dhéag tar éis dáta báis an duine ar ina leith a dhéanfar an t-iarratas nó laistigh de dhá mhí ó dháta an Achta seo a rith, cibé acu is déanaí.
Pinsin i leith galar a forthromaíodh, etc., do bharr seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe.
7.—(1) I gcás—
(a) ina mbeifear tar éis duine a urscaoileadh ó na fórsaí nó go mbeidh deireadh le seirbhís chomhalta de Sheirbhís Altranais an Airm nó chomhalta den tSeirbhís Séiplíneachta, roimh an Acht seo a rith nó dá éis, agus
(b) nach mbeidh an duine nó an comhalta sin i dteideal pinsin faoi na hAchtanna nó de bhun an Achta seo, agus
(c) go mbeidh ar an duine sin nó ar an gcomhalta sin, ar dháta a scrúdaithe ag Bord na nArm-Phinsean, míchumas (nach lú grád ná ochtó faoin gcéad) de dheasca galair a forthromaíodh, a brostaíodh nó a gríosadh—
(i) de dheasca créacht is ionchurtha i leith seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe, nó
(ii) de dheasca galar is ionchurtha i leith seirbhíse le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe, nó
(iii) ag seirbhís le Fórsa ó na Náisiúin Aontaithe,
féadfar pinsean a dheonú don duine sin nó don chomhalta sin de réir an ráta a luaitear sa dara colún den Tábla a ghabhann leis an alt seo os coinne an ghráid mhíchumais iomchuí sa chéad cholún den Tábla sin.
(2) Cuirfidh an tAire faoi bhráid Bhord na nArm-Phinsean gach iarratas ar phinsean faoin alt seo.
(3) Beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha seo a leanas maidir le hiarratais ar phinsin faoin alt seo:
(a) déanfar gach iarratas chun an Aire laistigh d'ocht mbliana ó dháta an urscaoilte nó dáta a tháinig deireadh leis an gcomhaltas, cibé acu é,
(b) beidh gach iarratas i cibé foirm agus beidh cibé sonraí ann a ordóidh an tAire.
(4) Aon phinsean a dheonófar do dhuine faoin alt seo tosóidh sé cibé lá (nach luaithe ná dáta an urscaoilte nó an dáta a tháinig deireadh leis an gcomhaltas, cibé acu é, nó dáta an Achta seo a rith, cibé dáta acu is déanaí) a chinnfidh an tAire.
(5) Beidh feidhm ag alt 6 agus ailt 9 go 14 d'Acht 1923, ailt 21 agus 23 d'Acht 1927 agus fo-alt (2) d'alt 27 agus alt 31 den Acht Arm-Phinsean, 1937, maidir le pinsin faoin alt seo, maidir le daoine atá nó a éilíonn a bheith i dteideal pinsin den sórt sin, maidir le daoine dá ndeonófar pinsin den sórt sin agus maidir le daoine a iarrfaidh pinsin den sórt sin amhail is dá mba iad na pinsin sin na pinsin a luaitear sna hailt sin faoi seach.
TABLA | |||||||
Rátaí na bPinsean. | |||||||
An Grád Míchumais | Pinsean | ||||||
faoin gcéad | sa bhliain | ||||||
£ | s. | d. | |||||
100 | 191 | 10 | 0 | ||||
90 | 172 | 0 | 0 | ||||
80 | 153 | 10 | 0 | ||||
Gearrtheideal agus comhlua.
8.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Arm-Phinsean (Uimh. 2), 1960, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Folóidh an comhlua, Achtanna na nArm-Phinsean, 1923 go 1960, an tAcht seo.
AN CHÉAD SCEIDEAL.
Scálaí agus rátaí pinsean míthreora agus pinsean pósta d'oifigigh agus do shaighdiúirí agus scála pinsean míthreora do chomhaltaí Sheirbhís Altranais an Airm.
Cuid I.
Oifigigh.
An Grád Míchumais | Scálaí Pinsin Mhíthreora, arna lua mar chéatadán den phá bliantúil ar dháta an urscaoilte | |
Oifigigh Phósta | Oifigigh Neamhphósta | |
faoin gcéad | faoin gcéad | faoin gcéad |
100 | 48 | 55 |
90 | 43 | 50 |
80 | 39 | 44 |
Cuid II.
Saighdiúirí.
An Grád Míchumais | Rátaí Pinsin Mhíthreora sa tSeachtain | ||||||
faoin gcéad | £ | s. | d. | ||||
100 | 3 | 17 | 6 | ||||
90 | 3 | 12 | 3 | ||||
80 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||
Cuid III.
Pinsin Phósta—Oifigigh agus Saighdiúirí.
Pinsean Pósta sa tseachtain | ||||||||
An Grád Míchumais | I leith banchéile | I leith gach linbh leis an bpinsinéir a saolaíodh tráth nár dhéanaí ná naoi mí tar éis dáta a urscaoilte agus, i gcás buachalla, atá de thuras na huaire faoi bhun 18 mbliana d'aois nó, i gcás cailín, atá de thuras na huaire, má ba oifigeach an pinsinéir, faoi bhun 21 bliain d'aois agus gan phósadh nó, má ba shaighdiúir an pinsinéir, faoi bhun 18 mbliana d'aois agus gan pósadh. | ||||||
faoin gcéad | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
100 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | ||||
90 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||
80 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||
Cuid IV.
Comhaltaí de Sheirbhís Altranais an Airm.
An Grád Míchumais | Scála an Phinsin sa bhliain | ||||||
faoin gcéad | £ | s. | d. | ||||
100 | 202 | 10 | 0 | ||||
90 | 189 | 10 | 0 | ||||
80 | 169 | 0 | 0 | ||||
AN DARA SCEIDEAL.
Liúntais do chleithiúnaithe oifigeach agus saighdiúirí.
Cuid I.
Oifigigh.
1. Baintreach dhara lefteanaint, lefteanaint nó chaptaein. | £117 10s. sa bhliain le linn baintreachais. |
Baintreach mhaoir, lefteanantchornail nó cheannfoirt. | £172 sa bhliain le linn baintreachais. |
Baintreach chornail nó oifigigh ar chéim níos airde | £214 10s. sa bhliain le linn baintreachais. |
2. Baintreach oifigigh (aon chéim). | £188 d'aisce ar an gcéad athphósadh. |
3. Leanaí atá, i gcás clann mhac, faoi bhun 18 mbliana d'aois, agus, i gcás clann iníon, gan phósadh agus faoi bhun 21 bliain d'aois. | (a) le beo na máthar, £35 10s. sa bhliain do gach leanbh. (b) tar éis bás na máthar, £65 10s. sa bhliain do gach leanbh. |
4. Leanaí os cionn 11 bhliain d'aois agus faoi bhun 18 mbliana d'aois. | Aisíoc na suime a chruthófar a caitheadh iarbhír, go riachtanach agus go cuí, ar tháillí oideachais ach gan dul thar £60 in aon bhliain chaileandair i leith aon linbh áirithe. Is liúntas é seo i dteannta an liúntais a luaitear i mír 3. |
Cuid II.
Saighdiúirí.
1. Baintreach | .. | .. | .. | 24s. 6d. sa tseachtain le linn baintreachais. |
2. Baintreach | .. | .. | .. | £86 d'aisce ar an gcéad athphósadh. |
3. Leanaí atá, i gcás clann mhac, faoi bhun 18 mbliana d'aois, agus, i gcás clann iníon, gan phósadh agus faoi bhun 18 mbliana d'aois. | (a) le beo na máthar, 9s. 3d. sa tseachtain do gach leanbh, (b) tar éis bás na máthar, 18s. 3d. sa tseachtain do gach leanbh. | |||
4. Leanaí os cionn 11 bhliain d'aois agus faoi bhun 18 mbliana d'aois. | Aisíoc na suime a chruthófar a caitheadh iar bhír, go riachtanach agus go cuí, ar tháillí oideachais ach gan dul thar £60 in aon bhliain chaileandair i leith aon linbh áirithe. Is liúntas é seo i dteannta an liúntais a luaitear i mír 3. | |||
Cuid III.
Oifigigh.
1. Chun críocha na Coda seo den Sceideal seo measfar gach duine acu seo a leanas, agus ní mheasfar aon daoine eile, a bheith ina chleithiúnaí ar oifigeach marbh:—
(a) a mháthair,
(b) a athair, má bhíonn sé os cionn seasca bliain d'aois nó éagumasach de dheasca easláinte,
(c) a dheartháir buan-easlán,
(d) a dheirfiúr bhuan-easlán neamhphósta,
(e) a sheanathair,
(f) a sheanmháthair.
2. (1) Más dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil cleithiúnaí amháin ann, agus nach bhfuil ann ach an cleithiúnaí amháin, a bhí i lán-chleithiúnas ar oifigeach marbh, beidh liúntas iníoctha leis an gcleithiúnaí sin.
(2) Más dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil beirt chleithiúnaithe nó níos mó ann a bhí i lán-chleithiúnas ar oifigeach marbh, beidh liúntas iníoctha le gach cleithiúnaí acu sin.
3. (1) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas faoi mhír 2 den Chuid seo, agus
(b) gur dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil cleithiúnaí amháin ann, agus nach bhfuil ann ach an cleithiúnaí amháin, a bhí i gcleithiúnas go formhór ar oifigeach marbh,
beidh liúntas iníoctha leis an gcleithiúnaí sin.
(2) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas faoi mhír 2 den Chuid seo, agus
(b) gur dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil beirt chleithiúnaithe nó níos mó ann a bhí i gcleithiúnas go formhór ar oifigeach marbh,
beidh liúntas amháin, agus ní bheidh ach an liúntas amháin, iníoctha i leith an oifigigh mhairbh agus beidh an liúntas sin iníoctha le cibé cleithiúnaí acu sin a measann an tAire, ag féachaint do chúrsaí uile an cháis, gurb é an duine é lenar chóir é a íoc.
4. (1) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas i leith oifigigh mhairbh faoi mhír 2 nó mír 3 den Chuid seo, agus
(b) go bhfuil cleithiúnaí amháin, agus nach bhfuil ach an cleithiúnaí amháin, ar an oifigeach marbh sin,
féadfar aisce a dheonú don chleithiúnaí sin.
(2) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas i leith oifigigh mhairbh faoi mhír (2) nó mír (3) den Chuid seo, agus
(b) go bhfuil beirt chleithiúnaithe nó níos mó ar an oifigeach marbh sin,
féadfar aisce a íoc i leith an oifigigh mhairbh sin agus beidh an aisce sin iníoctha le cibé duine nó daoine, d'eisceadh na ndaoine eile nó an duine eile, de na cleithiúnaithe sin a cheapfaidh an tAire agus, má fheidhmítear an chumhacht sin i bhfabhar níos mó ná duine acu, i cibé cionúireachtaí a cheapfaidh an tAire.
5. (1) I gcás aon chleithiúnaí a bheith i gcleithiúnas ar fad nó go formhór ar níos mó ná duine marbh amháin, ní bhfaighidh an cleithiúnaí sin, i leith na ndaoine marbha sin, liúntais is mó san iomlán ná an liúntas uasta d'fhéadfaí a dheonú don chleithiúnaí sin faoin Sceideal seo i leith aon duine áirithe de na daoine marbha sin.
(2) Aon uair a bheidh duine ina chleithiúnaí ar níos mó ná duine marbh amháin, ní bhfaighidh an duine sin, i leith na ndaoine marbha sin, aiscí is mó san iomlán ná an aisce uasta d'fhéadfaí a dheonú don duine sin faoin Sceideal seo i leith aon duine áirithe de na daoine marbha sin.
(3) Sa mhír seo folaíonn an abairt “duine marbh” oifigeach marbh chomh maith le saighdiúir marbh.
6. Is é a bheidh i liúntas faoin gCuid seo den Sceideal seo suim bhliantúil £102 10s., agus is é a bheidh in aisce faoin gCuid seo den Sceideal seo cibé cnapshuim (nach mó ná £180) a chinnfidh an tAire.
Cuid IV.
Saighdiúirí.
1. Chun críocha na Coda seo den Sceideal seo measfar gach duine acu seo leanas, agus ní mheasfar aon daoine eile, a bheith ina chleithiúnaí ar shaighdiúir marbh—
(a) a mháthair,
(b) a athair, má bhíonn sé os cionn seasca bliain d'aois nó éagumasach de dheasca easláinte,
(c) a dheartháir buan-easlán,
(d) a dheirfiúr bhuan-easlán neamhphósta,
(e) a sheanathair,
(f) a sheanmháthair.
2. (1) Más dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil cleithiúnaí amháin ann, agus nach bhfuil ann ach an cleithiúnaí amháin, a bhí i lánchleithiúnas ar shaighdiúir marbh, beidh liúntas iníoctha leis an gcleithiúnaí sin.
(2) Más dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil beirt chleithiúnaithe nó níos mó ann a bhí i lán-chleithiúnas ar shaighdiúir marbh, beidh liúntas iníoctha le gach cleithiúnaí acu sin.
3. (1) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas faoi mhír 2 den Chuid seo, agus
(b) gur dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil cleithiúnaí amháin ann, agus nach bhfuil ann ach an cleithiúnaí amháin, a bhí i gcleithiúnas go formhór ar shaighdiúir marbh,
beidh liúntas iníoctha leis an gcleithiúnaí sin.
(2) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas faoi mhír (2) den Chuid seo, agus
(b) gur dóigh leis an Aire go bhfuil beirt chleithiúnaithe nó níos mó ann a bhí i gcleithiúnas go formhór ar shaighdiúir marbh,
beidh liúntas amháin, agus ní bheidh ach liúntas amháin, iníoctha i leith an tsaighdiúra mhairbh agus beidh an liúntas sin iníoctha le cibé cleithiúnaí acu sin a measann an tAire, ag féachaint do chúrsaí uile an cháis, gurb é an duine é lenar chóir é a íoc.
4. (1) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas i leith saighdiúra mhairbh faoi mhír 2 nó mír 3 den Chuid seo, agus
(b) go bhfuil cleithiúnaí amháin, agus nach bhfuil ach an cleithiúnaí amháin, ar an saighdiúir marbh sin,
féadfar aisce a dheonú don chleithiúnaí sin.
(2) Más rud é—
(a) nach iníoctha aon liúntas i leith saighdiúra mhairbh faoi mhír 2 nó mír 3 den Chuid seo, agus
(b) go bhfuil beirt chleithiúnaithe nó níos mó ar an saighdiúir marbh sin,
féadfar aisce a íoc i leith an tsaighdiúra mhairbh sin agus beidh an aisce sin iníoctha le cibé duine nó daoine, d'eisceadh na ndaoine eile nó an duine eile, de na cleithiúnaithe sin a cheapfaidh an tAire agus, má fheidhmítear an chumhacht sin i bhfabhar níos mó ná duine acu, i cibé cionúireachtaí a cheapfaidh an tAire.
5. (1) I gcás aon chleithiúnaí a bheith i gcleithiúnas ar fad nó go formhór ar níos mó ná duine marbh amháin, ní bhfaighidh an cleithiúnaí sin, i leith na ndaoine marbha sin, liúntais is mó san iomlán ná an liúntas uasta d'fhéadfaí a dheonú don chleithiúnaí sin faoin Sceideal seo i leith aon duine áirithe de na daoine marbha sin.
(2) Aon uair a bheidh duine ina chleithiúnaí ar níos mó ná duine marbh amháin, ní bhfaighidh an duine sin, i leith na ndaoine marbha sin, aiscí is mó san iomlán ná an aisce uasta d'fhéadfaí a dheonú don duine sin faoin Sceideal seo i leith aon duine áirithe de na daoine marbha sin.
(3) Sa mhír seo folaíonn an abairt “duine marbh” oifigeach marbh chomh maith le saighdiúir marbh.
6. Is é a bheidh i liúntas faoin gCuid seo den Sceideal seo suim bhliantúil £51, agus is é a bheidh in aisce faoin gCuid seo den Sceideal seo cibé cnapshuim (nach mó ná £180) a chinnfidh an tAire.
Number 39 of 1960.
ARMY PENSIONS (No. 2) ACT, 1960.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Pensions in respect of disease aggravated, etc., by service with a United Nations Force. | |
Acts Referred to | |
1923, No. 26 | |
1927, No. 12 | |
1943, No. 14 | |
1937, No. 15 | |
Number 39 of 1960.
ARMY PENSIONS (No. 2) ACT, 1960.
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 1943” means the Army Pensions Act, 1943;
“the Acts” means the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 to 1960, but does not include this Act.
(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.
United Nations Force.
2.—The expression “United Nations Force”, where it occurs in this Act and in any amendment of the Act of 1927 effected by this Act, means a force or body established by the Security Council or the General Assembly of the United Nations for the performance of certain duties.
Amendment of section 10 of the Act of 1927.
3.—(1) Section 10 (which provides for the grant of disability pensions in certain cases) of the Act of 1927, as extended by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Act of 1943 to members of the Army Nursing Service, shall have effect in relation to every person who is discharged from the forces or whose service in the Army Nursing Service is terminated (whether before or after the passing of this Act) as if, in subsection (1), after “during the emergency period” (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1943) there were inserted “or with a United Nations Force”, subject to the modifications that, in relation to disablement caused by disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force—
(a) the reference in that subsection to four years shall be construed as a reference to eight years, and
(b) the scales and rates of pensions shall be those specified in that behalf in those provisions of the First Schedule to this Act which are applicable.
(2) Every application for a pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended by this section, shall be made before the expiration of eight years from the date of discharge or termination of service, as the case may be.
(3) Every pension granted under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended by this section, shall commence from such date (not being earlier than the date of discharge or termination of service, as the case may be, or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached the minimum degree of disablement, whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine.
Extension of sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927.
4.—(1) Subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 shall apply to every member of the Chaplaincy Service whose service as such member is terminated (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and who, at the date of such termination, is suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force in like manner as if such member were a person who is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and is, at the date of his discharge, suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the period which commenced on the 1st day of April, 1922, and ended on the 30th day of September, 1924, subject to the modifications that—
(a) the reference in that subsection to four years after his discharge shall be construed as a reference to eight years after the termination of his service as such member, and
(b) the reference to the Third Schedule to the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to the Table to this section.
(2) Subsections (1) and (4) of section 12 (which provides for the grant of wound pensions and gratuities in certain cases) of the Act of 1927 shall apply to every member of the Chaplaincy Service whose service as such member is terminated (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and who, at the date of such termination, is suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service with a United Nations Force in like manner as if such member were an officer who is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and is, at the date of his discharge, suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to his service in the forces and received on or after the 1st day of October, 1923, while he was a member of the forces, subject to the modifications that—
(a) the reference in the said subsection (1) to the Third Schedule to that Act shall be construed as a reference to the Table to this section, and
(b) in paragraph (a) of the said subsection (4)—
(i) the references to £80 and £5 shall be construed, respectively, as references to £140 and £8 15s., and
(ii) the reference to service in the forces shall be construed as a reference to service in the Chaplaincy Service.
(3) For the purpose of the application of sections 10 and 12 of the Act of 1927 to a member of the Chaplaincy Service, the annual pay of such member shall be taken to be the sum of—
(a) the annual amount of his daily pay,
(b) the annual amount of his consolidated ration allowance, and
(c) an annual allowance in respect of accommodation to be determined by the Minister from time to time with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.
(4) Every application by a member of the Chaplaincy Service for a pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, shall be made before the expiration of eight years from the date of the termination of his service as such member.
(5) Every pension granted under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, to a member of the Chaplaincy Service shall commence from such date (not being earlier than the date of the termination of his service as such member or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached the minimum degree of disablement, whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine.
(6) Every application by a member of the Chaplaincy Service for a pension or gratuity under section 12 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, shall be made before the expiration of twelve months from the date of the termination of his service as such member.
(7) Every pension granted under section 12 of the Act of 1927, as extended by this section, to a member of the Chaplaincy Service, shall commence from such date (not being earlier than the date of the termination of his service as such member or the date on which the disability is found by the Army Pensions Board to have reached the minimum degree of disablement, whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine.
TABLE
Scale of disability pensions and wound pensions for members of the Chaplaincy Service.
Degree of Disablement | Scale of Disablement Pension expressed as a percentage of annual pay at date of termination of service | ||
per cent. | per cent. | ||
100 | 55 | ||
90 | 50 | ||
80 | 44 | ||
70 | 39 | ||
60 | 33 | ||
50 | 28 | ||
40 | 22 | ||
30 | 17 | ||
20 | 11 |
Pensions in respect of disablements due to disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force where disability less than 80 per cent. but not less than 50 per cent.
5.—(1) Where an application is duly made on or after the passing of this Act by a person for a disability pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended and extended by this Act, and the application is referred to the Army Pensions Board under the terms of section 7 of the Act of 1927, then, if such person is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board suffering from a disablement caused by a disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force, the following provisions shall have effect:
(a) if his degree of disablement is found on the date of such examination to be less than eighty per cent. but not less than fifty per cent., there may be granted to such person, if he applies to the Minister therefor, not later than twelve months after such examination, a final pension of £1 9s. 6d. per week commencing from such date (not being earlier than the date of the passing of this Act) as the Minister may determine;
(b) if his degree of disablement is found on the date of such examination to be not less than eighty per cent. but is found on any periodical re-examination under section 6 of the Act of 1923 to be less than eighty per cent, but not less than fifty per cent., there may be granted to such person, if he applies to the Minister therefor, not later than twelve months after such re-examination, a final pension of £1 19s. 3d. per week commencing on such date (not being earlier than the date of the cesser of his former disability pension under the said section 10) as the Minister may determine;
(c) where such person is granted a pension under this subsection, no disability pension under section 10 of the Act of 1927, as amended by this Act, shall be granted or payable to him.
(2) Sections 9 to 14 of the Act of 1923 shall apply in respect of pensions granted under this section and to persons to whom such pensions are payable as if such pensions were the pensions mentioned in those sections respectively.
(3) In this section “degree of disablement” has the same meaning as in the Act of 1927.
Amendment of section 14 of the Act of 1927.
6.—(1) Subsection (2) of section 14 (which provides for the grant of allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain cases) of the Act of 1927 shall have effect in relation to every officer and soldier who served with a United Nations Force and who dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) as if, in paragraphs (a) and (b) after “during the emergency period” (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1943) in each case where those words occur, there were inserted “or with a United Nations Force”, subject to the modifications that—
(a) the reference in that subsection to the Seventh Schedule to the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to the Second Schedule to this Act, and
(b) the reference in paragraph (d) of that subsection to the Act of 1927 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as amended by this Act.
(2) Subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1927, as amended by subsection (1) of this section, shall, in its application to the dependants (being those mentioned at paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part I and at paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act) of an officer or soldier who dies while serving with a United Nations Force or within four years after his service with such Force terminates, have effect as if each amount specified at the said paragraphs were an amount greater by fifty per cent. than the amount so specified.
(3) Subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (8) and (9) of section 14 of the Act of 1927 shall apply in respect of allowances and gratuities under subsection (2) of that section, as amended by this section, and in respect of persons in respect of whom applications for allowances or gratuities are made under that subsection as so amended.
(4) Every application for an allowance or gratuity under subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1927, as amended by this section, shall be made within twelve months after the date of the death of the person in respect of whom the application is made or within twelve months after the date of the passing of this Act, whichever is the later.
Pensions in respect of disease aggravated, etc., by service with a United Nations Force.
7.—(1) Where—
(a) whether before or after the passing of this Act, a person has been discharged from the forces or the service of a member of the Army Nursing Service or of a member of the Chaplaincy Service has terminated, and
(b) such person or member is not entitled to a pension under the Acts or by virtue of this Act, and
(c) such person or member is, at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board, suffering from a disablement (not being less in degree than eighty per cent.) due to disease aggravated, accelerated or excited by—
(i) a wound attributable to service with a United Nations Force, or
(ii) a disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force, or
(iii) service with a United Nations Force,
there may be granted to such person or member a pension at the rate mentioned in the second column of the Table to this section opposite to the appropriate degree of disablement in the first column of that Table.
(2) Every application for a pension under this section shall be referred by the Minister to the Army Pensions Board.
(3) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to applications for pensions under this section:
(a) every application shall be made to the Minister within eight years from the date of discharge or termination of membership, as the case may be,
(b) every application shall be in such form and contain such particulars as the Minister may direct.
(4) A pension granted to a person under this section shall commence on such day (not being earlier than the date of discharge or termination of membership, as the case may be, or the date of the passing of this Act, whichever is the later) as the Minister may determine.
(5) Section 6 and sections 9 to 14 of the Act of 1923, sections 21 and 23 of the Act of 1927 and subsection (2) of section 27 and section 31 of the Army Pensions Act, 1937, shall apply in respect of pensions under this section, persons who are or who claim to be entitled to such pensions, persons to whom such pensions are granted and persons applying for such pensions as if such pensions were the pensions mentioned in those sections respectively.
TABLE
Rates of Pensions.
Degree of Disablement | Pension | ||||
per cent. | per annum | ||||
£ | s. | d. | |||
100 | 191 | 10 | 0 | ||
90 | 172 | 0 | 0 | ||
80 | 153 | 10 | 0 | ||
Short title and collective citation.
8.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Army Pensions (No. 2) Act, 1960.
(2) The collective citation, the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 to 1960, shall include this Act.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Scales and rates of disability pensions and married pensions for officers and soldiers and scale of disability pensions for members of the Army Nursing Service.
Part I.
Officers.
Degree of Disablement | Scales of Disability Pension, expressed as a percentage of annual pay at date of discharge | |
Married officers | Unmarried officers | |
per cent. | per cent. | per cent. |
100 | 48 | 55 |
90 | 43 | 50 |
80 | 39 | 44 |
Part II.
Soldiers.
Degree of Disablement | Rates of Disability Pension per week | ||||
per cent. | £ | s. | d. | ||
100 | 3 | 17 | 6 | ||
90 | 3 | 12 | 3 | ||
80 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
Part III.
Married Pensions—Officers and Soldiers.
Degree of Disablement | Married Pension per week | |||
In respect of wife | In respect of each child of the pensioner born not later than nine months after the date of his discharge who, being a boy, is for the time being, under the age of 18 years or, being a girl, is for the time being, in case the pensioner was an officer, under the age of 21 years and unmarried or in case the pensioner was a soldier, under the age of 18 years and unmarried. | |||
per cent. | s. | d. | s. | d. |
100 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
90 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
80 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Part IV.
Members of the Army Nursing Service.
Degree of Disablement | Scale of Pension per annum | ||||
per cent. | £ | s. | d. | ||
100 | 202 | 10 | 0 | ||
90 | 189 | 10 | 0 | ||
80 | 169 | 0 | 0 | ||
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Allowances to dependants of officers and soldiers.
Part I.
Officers.
1. Widow of second lieutenant, lieutenant or captain. | £117 10s. per annum during widowhood. |
Widow of lieutenant-colonel or commandant. | £172 per annum during widowhood. |
Widow of colonel or officer of higher rank. | £214 10s. per annum during widowhood. |
2. Widow of officer (any rank). | £188 gratuity on first re-marriage. |
3. Children who are, in the case of sons, under the age of 18, and in the case of daughters, unmarried, and under the age of 21. | (a) while mother is living, £35 10s. per annum for each child. |
(b) after death of mother, £65 10s. per annum for each child. | |
4. Children over the age of 11 and under the age of 18. | Repayment of amount proved to have been in fact necessarily and properly expended in educational fees but not exceeding £60 in any one calendar year in respect of any one child. This allowance is additional to the allowance stated in paragraph 3. |
Part II.
Soldiers.
1. Widow | 24s. 6d. per week during widowhood. |
2. Widow | Gratuity of £86 on first re-marriage. |
3. Children who are, in the case of sons, under the age of 18, and in the case of daughters, unmarried and under the age of 18. | (a) while mother is living, 9s. 3d. per week for each child, (b) after death of mother, 18s. 3d. per week for each child. |
4. Children over the age of 11 and under the age of 18. | Repayment of amount proved to have been in fact necessarily and properly expended in educational fees but not exceeding £60 in any one calendar year in respect of any one child. This allowance is additional to the allowance stated in paragraph 3. |
Part III.
Officers.
1. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule each of the following and no other persons shall be deemed to be a dependant of a deceased officer:—
(a) his mother,
(b) his father, if over sixty years of age or incapacitated by ill-health,
(c) his permanently invalided brother,
(d) his permanently invalided and unmarried sister,
(e) his grandfather,
(f) his grandmother.
2. (1) Where, in the opinion of the Minister, there is one dependant, and no more, who was wholly dependent on a deceased officer, an allowance shall be payable to that dependant.
(2) Where, in the opinion of the Minister, there are two or more dependants who were wholly dependent on a deceased officer, an allowance shall be payable to each of those dependants.
3. (1) Where—
(a) no allowance is payable under paragraph 2 of this Part, and
(b) there is, in the opinion of the Minister, one dependant and no more who was mainly dependent on a deceased officer,
an allowance shall be payable to that dependant.
(2) Where—
(a) no allowance is payable under paragraph 2 of this Part, and
(b) there are, in the opinion of the Minister, two or more dependants who were mainly dependent on a deceased officer, one allowance and no more shall be payable in respect of the deceased officer and such allowance shall be payable to such one of the said dependants as the Minister considers, having regard to all the circumstances, is the person to whom it should be paid.
4. (1) Where—
(a) no allowance in respect of a deceased officer is payable under paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of this Part, and
(b) there is one dependant and no more of such deceased officer,
a gratuity may be granted to that dependant.
(2) Where—
(a) no allowance in respect of a deceased officer is payable under paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of this Part, and
(b) there are two or more dependants of such deceased officer,
a gratuity may be payable in respect of such deceased officer and such gratuity shall be payable to such one or more, exclusively of the others or other, of the said dependants as the Minister may appoint and, if such power is exercised in favour of more than one of them, in such shares as the Minister may appoint.
5. (1) Where any dependant was wholly or mainly dependent on more than one deceased person, such dependant shall not receive, in respect of such deceased persons, allowances exceeding in the whole the maximum allowance which could be granted to such dependant under this Schedule in respect of any one of such deceased persons.
(2) Whenever a person is a dependant of more than one deceased person, such person shall not receive, in respect of such deceased persons, gratuities exceeding in the whole the maximum gratuity which could be granted to such person under this Schedule in respect of any one of such deceased persons.
(3) In this paragraph the expression “deceased person” includes a deceased officer as well as a deceased soldier.
6. An allowance under this Part of this Schedule shall be an annual sum of £102 10s., and a gratuity under this Part of this Schedule shall be such lump sum (not exceeding £180) as the Minister may determine.
Part IV.
Soldiers.
1. For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule each of the following and no other persons shall be deemed to be a dependant of a deceased soldier—
(a) his mother,
(b) his father, if over sixty years of age or incapacitated by ill-health,
(c) his permanently invalided brother,
(d) his permanently invalided and unmarried sister,
(e) his grandfather,
(f) his grandmother.
2. (1) Where, in the opinion of the Minister, there is one dependant and no more who was wholly dependent on a deceased soldier, an allowance shall be payable to that dependant.
(2) Where, in the opinion of the Minister, there are two or more dependants who were wholly dependent on a deceased soldier, an allowance shall be payable to each of those dependants.
3. (1) Where—
(a) no allowance is payable under paragraph 2 of this Part, and
(b) there is, in the opinion of the Minister, one dependant and no more who was mainly dependent on a deceased soldier,
an allowance shall be payable to that dependant.
(2) Where—
(a) no allowance is payable under paragraph 2 of this Part, and
(b) there are, in the opinion of the Minister, two or more dependants who were mainly dependent on a deceased soldier,
one allowance and no more shall be payable in respect of the deceased soldier and such allowance shall be payable to such one of the said dependants as the Minister considers, having regard to all the circumstances, is the person to whom it should be paid.
4. (1) Where—
(a) no allowance in respect of a deceased soldier is payable under paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of this Part, and
(b) there is one dependant and no more of such deceased soldier,
a gratuity may be granted to that dependant.
(2) Where—
(a) no allowance in respect of a deceased soldier is payable under paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 of this Part, and
(b) there are two or more dependants of such deceased soldier,
a gratuity may be payable in respect of such deceased soldier and such gratuity shall be payable to such one or more, exclusively of the others or other, of the said dependants as the Minister may appoint and, if such power is exercised in favour of more than one of them, in such shares as the Minister may appoint.
5. (1) Where any dependant was wholly or mainly dependent on more than one deceased person, such dependant shall not receive, in respect of such deceased persons, allowances exceeding in the whole the maximum allowance which could be granted to such dependant under this Schedule in respect of any one of such deceased persons.
(2) Whenever a person is a dependant of more than one deceased person, such person shall not receive, in respect of such deceased persons, gratuities exceeding in the whole the maximum gratuity which could be granted to such person under this Schedule in respect of any one of such deceased persons.
(3) In this paragraph the expression “deceased person” includes a deceased officer as well as a deceased soldier.
6. An allowance under this Part of this Schedule shall be an annual sum of £51, and a gratuity under this Part of this Schedule shall be such lump sum (not exceeding £180) as the Minister may determine.