No. 34/1962:

ARMY PENSIONS (INCREASE) ACT, 1962

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Interpretation.

2 Increase of wound pensions under section 1 of the Act of 1923.

3 Increase of wound pensions under section 3 of the Act of 1923.

4 Increase of further pensions under sections 2 and 3 of the Act of 1923.

5 Amendment of Second Schedule to the Act of 1923.

6 Amendment of Third Schedule to the Act of 1923.

7 Increase of disability pensions under section 9 of the Act of 1927.

8 Increase of disability pensions under section 10 of the Act of 1927.

9 Increase of wound pensions under section 11 of the Act of 1927.

10 Increase of certain wound pensions under section 12 of the Act of 1927.

11 Increase of disability pensions under section 13 of the Act of 1927.

12 Increase of married pensions under sections 9 to 13 of the Act of 1927 and section 5 of the Act of 1946.

13 Amendment of Sixth Schedule to the Act of 1927.

14 Amendment of Seventh Schedule to the Act of 1927.

15 Increase of wound, disability and married pensions under section 10 of the Act of 1932.

16 Amendment of Second Schedule to the Act of 1932.

17 Increase of allowances to certain relatives of Signatories to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916.

18 Increase of pensions under section 26 of the Act of 1937.

19 Increase of pensions under sections 28 and 29 of the Act of 1937.

20 Increase of pensions under section 6 of the Act of 1941.

21 Increase of pensions under section 4 of the Act of 1943.

22 Increase of pensions under section 6 of the Act of 1943.

23 Amendment of section 7 of the Act of 1943.

24 Increase of pensions under section 12 of the Act of 1946.

25 Increase of allowances under section 4 of the Act of 1953.

26 Increase of allowances to certain children of Signatories to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday 1916.

27 Increase of pensions under section 5 of the No. 2 Act of 1960.

28 Amendment of the Second Schedule to the No. 2 Act of 1960.

29 Increase of pensions under section 7 of the No. 2 Act of 1960.

30 Increase of married pensions under section 7 of the Act of 1962.

31 Amendment of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1962.

32 Commencement.

33 Short title and collective citation.

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AN ACT TO INCREASE RETROSPECTIVELY CERTAIN PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE UNDER THE ARMY PENSIONS ACTS, 1923 TO 1962.

[25th December, 1962.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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 1932" means the Army Pensions Act, 1932 ;

"the Act of 1937" means the Army Pensions Act, 1937 ;

"the Act of 1941" means the Army Pensions Act, 1941 ;

"the Act of 1943" means the Array Pensions Act, 1943;

"the Act of 1946" means the Army Pensions Act, 1946 ;

"the Act of 1949" means the Army Pensions Act, 1949 ;

"the Act of 1953" means the Army Pensions Act, 1953 ;

"the Act of 1957" means the Army Pensions Act, 1957 ;

"the Act of 1959" means the Army Pensions Act, 1959 ;

"the Act of 1960" means the Army Pensions Act, 1960 ;

"the No. 2 Act of 1960" means the Army Pensions (No. 2) Act, 1960 ;

"the Increase Act of 1961" means the Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1961 ;

"the Act of 1962" means the Army Pensions Act, 1962 ;

"the Acts" means the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 to 1962, but does not include this Act;

"the April, 1922—September, 1924, period" means the period which commenced on the 1st day of April, 1922, and ended on the 30th day of September, 1924.

(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.

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 November, 1955, shall be the amount which would be payable to such officer in respect of such wound pension under the Acts if—

( a ) he had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of November, 1955,

( b ) his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge, and

( c ) 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, increased by six per cent.

(3) Subsection (2) of this section shall not apply in the case of an officer discharged from the forces on the 18th day of December, 1954.

(4) A wound pension granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

3.—(1) A wound pension granted under section 3 of the Act of 1923 to a person deemed to have held the rank of officer in the forces 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) A wound pension granted under section 3 of the Act of 1923 to a person deemed to have held the rank of soldier in the forces which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

4.—The amount of a further pension granted under section 2 or 3 of the Act of 1923 shall be the amount payable under the Acts in respect of such further pension increased by twenty per cent.

5.—The Second Schedule (which specifies allowances for dependants of certain deceased officers) to the Act of 1923 is hereby amended in the following respects—

( a ) in paragraph 1, "£206 10s." shall be substituted for "£172" (inserted by section 5 of the Increase Act of 1961),

( b ) in paragraphs 2 and 3, "£57" and "£94" shall be substituted for "£47 10s." and "£78 10s." (inserted by section 5 of the Increase Act of 1961), respectively, and

( c ) in paragraph 5, "£2 7s." shall be substituted for "£1 19s. 3d." (inserted by section 5 of the Increase Act of 1961).

6.—The Third Schedule (which specifies allowances for dependants of certain deceased soldiers) to the Act of 1923 is hereby amended in the following respects—

( a ) in paragraph 1, "£2 1s 6." shall be substituted for "£1 14s. 6d." (inserted by section 6 of the Increase Act of 1961),

( b ) in paragraph 2, "12s. 0d.", "8s. 0d." and "£1 0s. 6d." shall be substituted for "10s. 0d.", "6s. 9d." and "17s. 0d." (inserted by section 6 of the Increase Act of 1961) respectively, and

( c ) in paragraph 4, "£1 15s. 6d." shall be substituted for £1 9s. 6d." (inserted by section 6 of the Increase Act of 1961).

7.—(1) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1927 to an officer 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) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

8.—(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 16th day of December, 1959, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions set out in the Third Schedule, to this, Act.

(2) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier suffering at the date of his discharge from the forces from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the April, 1922 September, 1924, period shall, in lieu of being payable at the rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 which are applicable to his case, be payable at the increased rate specified in that behalf in these provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act which are applicable to his case.

(3) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier who was at the date of his discharge from the forces suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period and which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

(4) The First Schedule (which specifies the scales and rates of disability pensions payable under section 10 of the Act of 1927 to officers and soldiers and members of the Army Nursing Service suffering from disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force) to the No. 2 Act of 1960 is hereby amended—

( a ) by the substitution for Part II of the following—

PART II.

SOLDIERS

( b ) by the substitution for Part IV of the following—

PART IV.

MEMBERS OF THE ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

9.—(1) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 11 of the Act of 1927 to an officer 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) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 11 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

10.—(1) 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 16th day of December, 1959, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.

(2) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier who was discharged from the forces before the 30th day of July, 1949, and who at the date of his discharge was suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service in the forces other than during the emergency period shall, in lieu of being payable at the rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 which are applicable to his case, be payable at the increased rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act which are applicable to his case.

(3) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier who was discharged from the forces before the 30th day of July, 1949, and who at the date of his discharge was suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period and which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

(4) The First Schedule to the Act of 1949 (which specifies the amount of a wound pension payable under section 12 of the Act of 1927 to persons discharged from the forces on or after the 30th day of July, 1949) is hereby amended by the substitution for Part II (inserted by subsection (4) of section 10 of the Increase Act of 1961) of the following:

PART II

WOUND PENSIONS-SOLDIERS

11.—(1) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, or to a person determined to have been an officer 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 disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to an officer discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, and before the 2nd day of November, 1955, shall be the amount which would be payable to such officer in respect of such disability pension under the Acts if—

( a ) he had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of November, 1955,

( b ) his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of his actual discharge, and

( c ) 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, increased by six per cent.

(3) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, or to a person determined to have been a soldier which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the Second Schedule to this Act at the corresponding reference number.

(4) A disability pension granted under subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, shall, in lieu of being payable at the rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the Increase Act of 1961 which are applicable to his case, be payable at the increased rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act which are applicable to his case.

12.—The amount of a married pension granted under section 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 of the Act of 1927 or under section 5 of the Act of 1946 shall be the amount payable under the Acts in respect of such married pension increased by twenty per cent.

13.—The Sixth Schedule (which specifies allowances to dependants of certain deceased members of the forces) to the Act of 1927 is hereby amended in the following respects—

( a ) in paragraph 1 of Part I, "£206 10s." shall be substituted for "£172" (inserted by section 13 of the Increase Act of 1961),

( b ) in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part I, "£57" and "£94" shall be substituted for "£47 10s." and "£78 10s." (inserted by section 13 of the Increase Act of 1961) respectively,

( c ) in paragraph 1 of Part II, "£2 1s. 6d." shall be substituted for "£1 14s. 6d." (inserted by section 13 of the Increase Act of 1961), and

( d ) in paragraph 2 of Part II, "12s. 0d.", "8s. 0d." and "£1 0s. 6d." shall be substituted for "10s. 0d.", "6s. 9d." and "17s. 0d." (inserted by section 13 of the Increase Act of 1961) respectively.

14.—(1) The Seventh Schedule (which specifies allowances to dependants of certain deceased members of the forces) to the Act of 1927 is hereby amended in the following respects—

( a ) in Part I, "£141" "£206 10s.", "£257 10s.", "£42 10s." and "£78 10s." shall be substituted for "£117 10s.", "£172", "£214 10s.", "£35 10s." and "£65 10s." (inserted by subsection (1) of section 14 of the Increase Act of 1961) respectively,

( b ) in Part II, "£1 9s. 6d.", "11s. 0d." and "£1 2s." shall be substituted for "£1 4s. 6d.", "9s. 3d.", and "18s. 3d." (inserted by subsection (1) of section 14 of the Increase Act of 1961) respectively.

(2) The reference in section 25 of the Act of 1953 to paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part I and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part II of the Seventh Schedule to the Act of 1927 shall be deemed to be a reference to paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part I and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part II of the Seventh Schedule to the Apt of 1927 as amended by subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Part III of the Seventh Schedule to the Act of 1927 (inserted by subsection (5) of section 5 of the Act of 1943), as amended by subsection (3) of section 14 of the Increase Act of 1961, shall be construed as if "£123" were substituted in paragraph 6 for "£102 10s."

(4) Part IV of the Seventh Schedule to the Act of 1927 (inserted by subsection (5) of section 5 of the Act of 1943), as amended by subsection (4) of section 14 of the Increase Act of 1961, shall be construed as if "£61" were substituted in paragraph 6 for "£51."

15.—(1) A wound pension or a disability pension granted under subsection (1) or under subsection (2) of section 10 of the Act of 1932 which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (4) of that Schedule at that reference number.

(2) A married pension granted under subsection (3) of section 10 of the Act of 1932 which is payable at the rate mentioned in column (3) of the Fourth Schedule to this Act at a particular reference number shall be payable at the increased rate mentioned in column (5) of that Schedule at that reference number.

16.—The Second Schedule (which specifies allowances and gratuities to certain classes of persons) to the Act of 1932 is hereby amended in the following respects—

( a ) in paragraph 1 of Part I, "£158 10s." shall be substituted for "£132" (inserted by section 16 of the Increase Act of 1961),

( b ) in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part I, "£42 10s." and "£71" shall be substituted for "£35 10s." and "£59" (inserted by section 16 of the Increase Act of 1961) respectively, and

( c ) in paragraph 5 of Part II, "£1 15s. 6d." shall be substituted for "£1 9s. 6d." (inserted by section 16 of the Increase Act of 1961).

17.—(1) Subsection (1) of section 3 of the Act of 1937 is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraph (a) (which relates to the allowance payable to the widow (if any) of a Signatory to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916) of "seven hundred and twenty-five pounds" for "six hundred and four pounds" (inserted by section 17 of the Increase Act of 1961).

(2) Subsection (1) of section 3 of the Act of 1937 is hereby further amended by the substitution in paragraph (c) (which relates to the allowance payable to each sister of such Signatory) of "three hundred and fifteen pounds" for "two hundred and sixty-two pounds and ten shillings" (inserted by section 17 of the Increase Act of 1961).

18.—(1) Every final pension under section 26 of the Act of 1937 which is payable at the rate of one pound nine shillings and sixpence per week shall be payable at the rate of one pound fifteen shillings and sixpence per week.

(2) Every final pension under section 26 of the Act of 1937 which is payable at the rate of one pound nineteen shillings and three pence per week shall be payable at the rate of two pounds and seven shillings per week.

19.—Section 28 and section 29 of the Act of 1937 (which provide for pensions to former members of the forces and members of certain organisations in respect of wounds or disease aggravated by service) shall have effect as if, for the Schedule to that Act, there were substituted the Fifth Schedule to this Act.

20.—(1) Every final pension under section 6 of the Act of 1941 which is payable at the rate of one pound nine shillings and sixpence per week shall be payable at the rate of one pound fifteen shillings and sixpence per week.

(2) Every final pension under section 6 of the Act of 1941 which is payable at the rate of one pound nineteen shillings and three pence per week shall be payable at the rate of two pounds and seven shillings per week.

21.—There shall be substituted for the Schedule (inserted by section 22 of the Increase Act of 1961) to section 4 of the Act of 1943 (which extends certain provisions of the Act of 1927 to members of the Army Nursing Service), the following—

"SCHEDULE

SCALE OF DISABILITY PENSIONS AND WOUND PENSIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMY NURSING SERVICES.

22.—(1) Every final pension under section 6 of the Act of 1943 which is payable at the rate of one pound nine shillings and sixpence per week shall be payable at the rate of one pound fifteen shillings and sixpence per week.

(2) Every final pension under section 6 of the Act of 1943 which is payable at the rate of one pound nineteen shillings and three pence per week shall be payable at the rate of two pounds and seven shillings per week.

23.—(1) For the purposes of section 7 of the Act of 1943, as amended by subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 41 of the Act of

( a ) the expression "the appropriate annual sum" means, in respect of a person whose age is seventy years or more—

(i) in relation to a single man or woman or to a widower or widow with no. children £104,

(ii) in relation to a widower or widow who has children, the sum Of the following amounts, namely, £104 and £11 14s. in respect of each child,

(iii) in relation to a married man or woman whose spouse is living and who has no children and who is in receipt of an old age (contributory) pension under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1962, or whose spouse is in receipt of such pension or of an old age (non-contributory) pension or a blind pension under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1962, £123 10s.

(iv) in relation to any other married man or woman whose spouse is living and who has no children, £147,

(v) in relation to a married man or woman whose spouse is living and who has children and who is in receipt of an old age (contributory) pension under the Social-Welfare Acts; 1952 to 1962, or whose spouse is in receipt of such pension or of an old age (non-contributory) pension or a blind pension under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1962, the sum of the following amounts, namely, £123 10s. and £11 14s. in respect of each child,

(vi) in relation to any other married man or woman whose spouse is living and who has children, the sum of the following amounts, namely, £147 and £11 14s in respect of each child;

( b ) the expression "the appropriate annual sum" means, in respect of a person whose age is less than seventy years—

(i) in relation to a single man or woman or to a widower or widow with no children, £130,

(ii) in relation to a widower or widow who has children, the sum of the following amounts, namely £130 and £11 14s. in respect of each child,

(iii) in relation to a married man or woman whose spouse is living but who has no children, £156,

(iv) in relation to a married man or woman whose spouse is living and who has children, the sum of the following amounts, namely, £156 and £11 14s. in respect of each child.

(2) Section 24 of the Increase Act of 1961 is hereby repealed.

24.—Section 12 of the Act of 1946 (which provides for pensions in respect of tuberculosis aggravated by service during the emergency period ) shall have effect as if, for the Second Schedule (inserted by section 25 of the Increase Act of 1961) to the Act of 1946, there were substituted the following—

"SECOND SCHEDULE

RATES OF PENSIONS UNDER SECTION 12 OF THIS ACT.

25.—Subsection (1) of section 4 of the Act of 1953 (which provides for allowances to certain relatives of certain deceased persons with pre-truce military service) is hereby amended in the following respects—

(1) in paragraph (a), "£315" shall be substituted for "£262 10s." (inserted by section 26 of the Increase Act of 1961),

(2) in paragraphs (aa) and (ab) (inserted by section 8 of the Act of 1959), "£158" shall be substituted for "£131 10s." (inserted by section 26 of the Increase Act of 1961),

(3) in paragraph (b), 11 £227 " shall be substituted for "£189" (inserted by section 26 of the Increase Act of 1961), and

(4) in paragraphs (c) and (d), "£158" shall be substituted for "£131 10s." (inserted by section 26 of the Increase Act of 1961).

26.—In subsection (1) of section 45 of the Act of 1953 (which relates to the allowances payable to certain children of Signatories to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916) "£158" shall be substituted for "£131 10s." (inserted by section 27 of the Increase Act of 1961).

27.—(1) Every final pension under section 5. of the No. 2 Act of 1960 which is payable at the rate of nine pound nine shillings and sixpence per week shall be payable at the rate of one pound fifteen shillings and sixpence per week.

(2) Every final pension under section 5 of the No. 2 Act of 1960 which is payable at the rate of one pound nineteen shillings and three pence per week shall be payable at the rate of two pounds and seven shillings per week.

28.—(1) The Second Schedule (which specifies allowances to dependants of certain deceased members of the forces) to the No. 2 Act of 1960 is hereby amended in the following respects—

( a ) in Part I "£141", "£206 10s.","£257 10s.","£42 10s." and "£78 10s." shall be substituted for "£117 10s." "£172","£214 10s.", "£35 10s." and "£65 10s." respectively,

( b ) in Part II "£1 9s. 6d", "11s. 0d." and "£1 2s." shall be substituted for "24s. 6d.", "9s. 3d." and "18s. 3d." respectively.

(2) The reference in subsection (2) of section 6 of the No. 2 Act of 1960 to paragraphs 1 and 13 of Part. I and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part II of the Second Schedule to the No. 2 Act of 1960 shall be deemed to be a reference to paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part 1 and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Part II of the Second Schedule to the No. 2 Act of 1960 as amended by subsection (1) of this section.

(3) In paragraph 6 of Part III of the Second Schedule to the No. 2 Act of 1960 "£123" shall be substituted for "£102 10s.".

(4) In paragraph 6 of Part IV of the Second Schedule to the No. 2 Act of 1960 "£61" shall be substituted for "£51".

29.—Section 7 of the No. 2 Act of 1960 (which provides for pensions in respect of disease aggravated by service with a United Nations Force) shall have effect as if, for the Table thereto, there were substituted the following:

"TABLE

RATES OF PENSIONS.

30.—A pension granted under section 7 of the Act of 1962 shall be increased by twenty per cent.

31.—The Second Schedule (which specifies allowances to dependants of certain deceased persons) to the Act of 1962 is hereby amended by the substitution of "£1 9s. 6d", "11s. 0d" and "£1 2s." for "24s. 6d.", "9s. 3d." and "18s. 3d." respectively.

32.—(1) The provisions of this Act (other than sections 30 and 31) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1962, and the increase in pensions (including further and married pensions) and allowances provided by those provisions shall have effect from that date.

(2) Sections 30 and 31 of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 4th day of August, 1962.

33.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1962 .

(2) The collective citation, the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 to 1962, shall include this Act.

Sections 2 (1), 3 (1), 7 (1), 9 (1), 11 (1).

FIRST SCHEDULE

Increased rates of—

( a ) wound pensions granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to officers discharged before the 1st day of October, 1921;

( b ) wound pensions granted under section 3 of the Act of 1923 to persons ranking as officers;

( c ) disability pensions granted under section 9 of the Act of 1927 to officers;

( d ) wound pensions granted under section 11 of the Act of 1927 to officers;

( e ) disability pensions granted under section 13 of the Act of 1927 to officers discharged before the 1st day of October, 1924;

( f ) disability pensions granted under section 13 of the Act of 1927 to persons ranking as officers.

Section 2 (4), 3 (2), 8 (2), 8 (3), 9 (2), 10 (2), 10 (3), 11 (3).

SECOND SCHEDULE

Increased rates of—

( a ) wound pensions granted under section 1 of the Act of 1923 to soldiers;

( b ) wound pensions granted under section 3 of the Act of 1923 to persons ranking as soldiers;

( c ) disability pensions granted under section 9 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers;

( d ) disability pensions granted under section 10 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers suffering from disablement caused by disease attributable to service during the April, 1922—September, 1924 period;

( e ) disability pensions granted under section 10 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers in respect of disablement caused by disease attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period;

( f ) wound pensions granted under section 11 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers;

( g ) wound pensions granted under section 12 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers discharged from the forces before the 30th day of July, 1949, in respect of disablement caused by a wound attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period;

( h ) wound pensions granted under section 12 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers discharged before the 30th day of July, 1949, suffering from disablement caused by a wound attributable to service (other than service during the emergency period);

( i ) disability pensions granted under section 13 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers discharged before the 1st day of October, 1924;

( j ) disability pensions granted under section 13 of the Act of 1927 to soldiers discharged on or after the 1st day of October, 1924;

( k ) disability pensions granted under section 13 of the Act of 1927 to persons ranking as soldiers.

THIRD SCHEDULE

INCREASED RATES OF PENSIONS GRANTED TO CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER SECTIONS 10 AND 12 OF THE ACT OF 1927.

Sections 8 (1), 10 (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 of November, 1955, 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 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, 1955, 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, increased by six per cent.

(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 16th day of December, 1959, 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—

( a ) in case such officer was discharged from the forces before the 2nd day of November, 1955, the amount which would be payable to such officer if he had been discharged from the forces on the 2nd day of November, 1955, 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, increased by six per cent, or

( b ) in case such officer was discharged from the forces on or after the 2nd day of November, 1955, the amount of such disability pension payable under the Acts increased by six per cent.

(3) The provisions of clause (a) of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall not apply in the case of an officer discharged from the forces on the 30th day of January, 1952, or on the 23rd day of January, 1953.

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 16th day of December, 1959, shall be—

( a ) in ease such officer was discharged from the forces before the 2nd day of November, 1955, 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, 1955, and his rank and service in that rank on that date were the same as those on the date of 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, increased by six per cent, or

( b ) in case such officer was discharged from the forces on or after the 2nd day of November, 1955, the amount of such Wound pension payable under the Acts, increased by six per cent.

Section 15.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

INCREASE OF WOUND AND DISABILITY PENSIONS AND MARRIED PENSIONS GRANTED UNDER SECTION 10 OF THE ACT OF 1932.

Section 19.

FIFTH SCHEDULE

REVISED RATES OF PENSIONS UNDER PART VI OF THE ACT OF 1937.

Section 19.