Army Pensions Act, 1960
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Increase of wound pensions 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 (2) of the First Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) 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 2nd day of April, 1950, shall, in lieu of being an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act of 1957, be whichever of the following amounts is the lesser— | ||
(a) the amount specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act of 1957, increased by— | ||
(i) in case such officer was discharged from the forces before the 1st day of September, 1949—six per cent., or | ||
(ii) in case such officer was discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of September, 1949—four per cent., | ||
(b) the amount which would be payable to such officer under the Acts if he had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of November, 1952, and his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge and 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 wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to a soldier which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (2) of the Second Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number. |