Army Pensions Act, 1927

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ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1927.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section

Section 1

Definitions.

Section 2

Construction of certain expressions.

Section 3

Amendments of the Principal Act.

Section 4

Alterations of scales under Principal Act in certain cases.

Section 5

Establishment of Army Pensions Board.

Section 6

Temporary incapacity of member of Army Pensions Board.

Section 7

Reference of applications to Army Pensions Board.

Section 8

Assessment of degree of disability.

Section 9

Disability pensions in certain cases.

Section 10

Disability pensions in certain other cases.

Section 11

Wound pensions and gratuities in certain cases.

Section 12

Wound pensions and gratuities in certain other cases.

Section 13

Disability pensions in certain special cases.

Section 14

Allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain cases.

Section 15

Allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain other cases.

Section 16

Accounting for ex gratia allowances in certain cases.

Section 17

Form of application for pension, etc.

Section 18

Time limit for claims for pensions, etc.

Section 19

Renewal of applications refused under Principal Act.

Section 20

Prohibition of double pensions.

Section 21

Travelling expenses and subsistence allowances.

Section 22

Definition of “married man.”

Section 23

Application of pensions in certain cases.

Section 24

Double disablement.

Section 25

Conditions attaching to pensions.

Section 26

Application of certain sections of the Principal Act.

Section 27

Regulations.

Section 28

Short title and citation.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.

Acts Referred to Army Pensions Act, 1923 No. 26 of 1923 Number 12 of 1927.

ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1927.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS, ALLOWANCES, AND GRATUITIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN, AND CERTAIN OTHER MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES AND GRATUITIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SAID FORCES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1923 , AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR DIVERS MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE SEVERAL MATTERS AFORESAID. [30th April, 1927.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— Definitions.

1.—In this Act— the expression “the Principal Act” means the Army Pensions Act, 1923 (No. 26 of 1923); the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Defence; the expression “degree of disablement” when used in relation to a disablement caused by disease means the degree of disablement assessed in respect of such disablement by the Army Pensions Board; the expression “minimum degree of disablement” means eighty per cent. degree of disablement; the expression “military service” when used in reference to a person who was a member of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army means whenever such member was on duty, or was under arrest as the result of his activities as such member, or was evading capture or pursuit by the armed forces of the British Government, or was detained in a prison or internment camp by or by order of the British Government; the word “wound” means an interruption of the normal continuity of body tissue caused by direct or indirect violence but does not include any injury due to the serious negligence or misconduct of the person suffering therefrom; the word “disablement” means any injury of a permanent nature resulting in impairment of function caused by wound or disease and not due to the serious negligence or misconduct of the person suffering therefrom; and other expressions and words which are also used in the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall, if not otherwise defined in this Act, have the same meanings respectively as such expressions and words have respectively in the Principal Act as so amended.

Construction of certain expressions.

2.—(1) The expression “discharged from the forces” when used in the Principal Act or in this Act in relation to an officer shall include and, when so used in the Principal Act, shall be deemed always to have included the demobilisation of such officer and, in the case of an officer holding a commission, the with-drawal of his commission for any reason, and the noun “discharge” when used as aforesaid shall be and be deemed always to have been construed accordingly.

Amendments of the Principal Act.

3.—The Principal Act shall be construed and have effect as if the sections and sub-sections thereof mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act were respectively amended in the manner set out in the second column of that Schedule opposite each such section and sub-section respectively.

Alterations of scales under Principal Act in certain cases.

4.—(1) In the case of an officer who is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and to whom a wound pension could be granted on such discharge under the Principal Act as amended by this Act, that Act as so amended shall apply to such officer as if the scales of pensions contained in the Third Schedule to this Act were inserted in the Principal Act in lieu of the scales of pensions contained in the First Schedule to that Act.

Establishment of Army Pensions Board.

5.—(1) There shall be established a board to be called the Army Pensions Board, which shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members.

Temporary incapacity of member of Army Pensions Board.

6.—(1) Whenever the chairman or an ordinary member of the Army Pensions Board is through ill-health or other sufficient cause temporarily incapacitated from performing his duties as such chairman or member, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit, appoint another person to be chairman or an ordinary member (as the case may be) of the Army Pensions Board in the place of the chairman or ordinary member so incapacitated for so long as such incapacity continues.

Reference of applications to Army Pensions Board.

7.—(1) Every application for the grant of a pension, gratuity, or allowance under the Principal Act which is pending at the date of the passing of this Act and every application for the grant of a pension, gratuity, or allowance under the Principal Act as amended by this Act or under this Act (save as is hereinafter otherwise provided) shall be referred by the Minister to the Army Pensions Board.

Assessment of degree of disability.

8.—(1) Whenever the Army Pensions Board report that a person is suffering from a disablement caused by disease they shall assess and state in such report the degree of the disablement from which such person is suffering.

Disability pensions in certain cases.

9.—(1) Every person who was discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, and was 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, may, if the degree of such disablement (otherwise than by reason of the serious negligence or misconduct of such person) is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board or becomes after such date but within four years after his discharge not less than the minimum degree of disablement, be granted a disability pension at the rate mentioned in the appropriate column of the Second Schedule to this Act opposite to the appropriate degree of disablement mentioned in the first column of that Schedule.

Disability pensions in certain other cases.

10.—(1) Every person who is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act), 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, may, if the degree of such disablement (otherwise than by reason of the serious negligence or misconduct of such person) is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board or becomes after such date but within four years after his discharge not less than the minimum degree of disablement, be granted a disability pension at the rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Third Schedule to this Act which are applicable to the case of such persons.

Wound pensions and gratuities in certain cases.

11.—(1) Every person who was discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924, and was at the date of such 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 may, if the degree of such disablement is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board not less than twenty per cent., be granted a wound pension at the rate mentioned in the appropriate column of the Second Schedule to this Act opposite to the appropriate degree of disablement mentioned in the first column of that Schedule.

Wound pensions and gratuities in certain other cases.

12.—(1) Every person who is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and is at the date of such 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 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) while he was a member of the forces may, if the degree of such disablement is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board or on behalf of the Minister (as the case may be) not less than twenty per cent., be granted a wound pension at the rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Third Schedule to this Act which are applicable to the case of such person.

Disability pensions in certain special cases.

13.—(1) Any person who is certified by the Minister to have been a member of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army and is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board suffering from a disablement caused by disease attributable to military service in the Irish Volunteers or the Irish Citizen Army (as the case may be) or to such military service and 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, may, if the degree of his disablement is at the date of his examination by the Army Pensions Board not less than the minimum degree of disablement, be granted a disability pension at the following rate, that is to say:— (a) if he did not serve in the forces or if he served in the forces and was discharged therefrom before the 1st day of October, 1924, at the rate mentioned in the appropriate column of the Second Schedule to this Act opposite to the appropriate degree of disablement mentioned in the first column of that Schedule, or (b) if he served in the forces and was discharged therefrom on or after the 1st day of October, 1924, at the rate specified in those provisions of the Third Schedule to this Act which are applicable to his case.

Allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain cases.

14.—(1) The Minister may, on or on account of the death of any person to whom this sub-section applies, do either but not both of the following things, that is to say:— (i) grant to such one or more as the Minister shall determine of the dependants mentioned in the appropriate Part of the Fifth Schedule to this Act of such person a gratuity of such amount as the Minister shall, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, determine, or (ii) grant to the widow and children of such person the several allowances and gratuities specified in the appropriate Part of the Sixth Schedule to this Act in respect of widows and children.

This sub-section applies to— (a) every person who died before the 1st day of October, 1924 while serving in the forces and whose death was due solely to disease attributable to service in the forces during the period (in this sub-section called “the said period”) which commenced on the 1st day of April, 1922 and ended on the 30th day of September, 1924, and (b) every person who, having served in the forces during the said period and been discharged therefrom before the 1st day of October, 1924, dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) within four years after such discharge and so dies solely from disease attributable to service in the forces during the said period, and (c) every person who, not having served in the forces, died before the 11th day of July, 1925, and is certified by the Minister to have been a member of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army and whose death was due solely to disease attributable to his military service in the Irish Volunteers or the Irish Citizen Army (as the case may be), and (d) every person who is certified by the Minister to have been a member of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army and, having served in the forces, either died before the 1st day of October, 1924 while so serving or was discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924 and died (whether before or after the passing of this Act) within four years after such discharge and in any case so died solely from disease attributable to military service in the Irish Volunteers or the Irish Citizen Army (as the case may be) or to such military service and service in the forces during the said period, and (e) every person who, having been immediately before his death in receipt of a disability pension granted to him under this Act in accordance with the scale of pensions contained in the Second Schedule to this Act, dies solely from the disease in respect of which such pension was granted.

This sub-section applies to— (a) every person who dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 while serving in the forces and whose death is due solely to disease attributable to service in the forces during the period (in this sub-section called “the said period”) which commenced on the 1st day of April, 1922 and ended on the 30th day of September, 1924, and (b) every person who, having served in the forces during the said period, is discharged therefrom on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and dies within four years after such discharge and so dies solely from disease attributable to service in the forces during the said period, and (c) every person who is certified by the Minister to have been a member of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army and, having served in the forces during the said period, either dies on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) while so serving or is discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and dies within four years after such discharge and, in any case, so dies solely from disease attributable to military service in the Irish Volunteers or the Irish Citizen Army (as the case may be) or to such military service and service in the forces during the said period, and (d) every person who, having been immediately before his death in receipt of a disability pension granted to him under this Act in accordance with the scale of pensions contained in the Third Schedule to this Act and also of a married pension payable to him under this Act, dies solely from the disease in respect of which such disability pension was granted.

Allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain other cases.

15.—(1) The several allowances and gratuities specified in the appropriate Part of the Sixth Schedule to this Act may be granted to the widow, children, dependants, and partial dependants of any of the following persons, that is to say:— (a) every person who while serving in the forces was killed on or after the 1st day of October, 1923 and before the 1st day of October, 1924 in the course of his duty as a member of the forces or in circumstances attributable to his service in the forces, and (b) every person who while serving in the forces received on or after the 1st day of October, 1923 and before the 1st day of October, 1924 a wound attributable to his service in the forces and died before the 1st day of October, 1924 solely from such wound while still serving in the forces, and (c) every person who while serving in the forces received on or after the 1st day of October, 1923, and before the 1st day of October, 1924 a wound attributable to his service in the forces and was discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924 and dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) solely from such wound within four years after receiving such wound, and (d) every person who having served in the forces was discharged therefrom before the 1st day of October, 1924 and dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) while in receipt of a wound pension granted to him under this Act and also of a married pension payable to him under this Act and so dies solely from the wound in respect of which such wound pension was so granted to him.

Accounting for ex gratia allowances in certain cases.

16.—Whenever an allowance is granted under this Act to or for the benefit of a person and such allowance commences on a date prior to the passing of this Act and an ex gratia allowance has prior to the passing of this Act been paid by the Minister to or for the benefit of such person, all payments made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) on foot of such ex gratia allowance shall, in so far as they were or are made in respect of a period subsequent to the date of the commencement of the said allowance granted under this Act, be deemed to have been made on account of the last-mentioned allowance and shall be accounted for accordingly.

Form of application for pension, etc.

17.—Every application for the grant of a pension, gratuity, or allowance under the Principal Act as amended by this Act or under this Act shall be made to the Minister in the prescribed form and shall contain the prescribed particulars.

Time limit for claims for pensions, etc.

18.—(1) Every application by a person who claims to have been a member of the Irish Volunteers or Irish Citizen Army and did not serve in the forces for the grant of a wound pension or gratuity under the Principal Act as amended by this Act or for the grant of a pension under this Act shall be made within twelve months from the passing of this Act.

Renewal of applications refused under Principal Act.

19.—Any person whose application before the passing of this Act for a pension, allowance, or gratuity under the Principal Act was refused on the ground that that Act did not then apply to him may, if the Principal Act as amended by this Act applies to him, apply for and in a proper case be granted such pension, allowance, or gratuity under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

Prohibition of double pensions.

20.—Save as is otherwise expressly provided by this Act, no pension or gratuity (other than a married pension) shall be granted under the Principal Act as amended by this Act or under this Act to any person to whom a pension or gratuity has previously been granted under the Principal Act or under that Act as amended by this Act or under this Act.

Travelling expenses and subsistence allowances.

21.—(1) Payments for travelling expenses and for subsistence allowance may be made by the Minister out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas to applicants for pensions, allowances, or gratuities under the Principal Act as amended by this Act or under this Act when attending in the city or county of Dublin for medical examination by direction of the Army Pensions Board and to persons attending in the city or county of Dublin as witnesses before the Army Pensions Board pursuant to a summons by that Board.

Definition of “married man.”

22.—(1) A person shall be a married man for the purposes of this Act from the date of his marriage until the happening of whichever of the following events first happens and (save as is hereinafter provided) no longer, that is to say, his own death, the death of his wife, the lawful annulment of the marriage, or the lawful dissolution of the marriage.

Application of pensions in certain cases.

23.—(1) Whenever the Minister is satisfied that a person in receipt of a pension granted to him under the Principal Act or under the Principal Act as amended by this Act or under this Act is under a legal obligation to maintain his wife and children or any of them and is neglecting to fulfil such obligation, such pension may, if and whenever and for so long as the Minister so directs, in lieu of being paid to such person be paid to his wife or applied for the maintenance, education, or benefit of his child or children, as the case may require.

Double disablement.

24.—When a person is suffering from a disablement (hereinafter called the disease disablement) the degree of which is less than the minimum degree of disablement and the circumstances are such that such person could be granted a disability pension under this Act in respect of such disablement if the degree of such disablement equalled or exceeded the minimum degree of disablement, and such person is also suffering from a disablement (hereinafter called the wound disablement) in respect of which he has or could be granted or could if the degree of such disablement equalled or exceeded twenty per cent. be granted a wound pension under the Principal Act or under that Act as amended by this Act or under this Act then, for the purpose of determining whether a pension shall or shall not be granted to such person and the rate of such pension (if any) or whether a pension already granted to him shall or shall not be increased and the amount of such increase (if any), the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:— (a) the degree of his disablement shall be the sum total of the degree of the disease disablement and the degree of the wound disablement, (b) if the said sum total exceeds one hundred per cent. the degree of his disablement shall be reckoned as one hundred per cent., (c) the whole of his disablement shall be deemed to have been occasioned by the cause which occasioned the disease disablement or the cause which occasioned the wound disablement, as may be most favourable to him, and (d) if a pension is granted to him by virtue of this section, the pension (if any) previously granted to him shall cease on the commencement of the pension granted to him by virtue of this section.

Conditions attaching to pensions.

25.—(1) This section applies to every person to whom a pension is granted (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the Principal Act or under that Act as amended by this Act or under this Act, and in this section every reference to a pension in relation to any such person shall be construed as a reference to the pension so granted to him.

Application of certain sections of the Principal Act.

26.—(1) The expression “under this Act” whenever it occurs in sections 5 , 6 , and 9 to 15 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall be construed as meaning under the Principal Act or under the Principal Act as amended by this present Act or under this present Act, and the said sections shall have effect accordingly.

Regulations.

27.—(1) The Minister may by order make regulations in regard to any matter or thing referred to in this Act as prescribed or as being or to be prescribed by regulations made under this Act, but where such regulations are referred to in this Act as being or to be made with the consent of the Minister for Finance the same shall not be made without such consent.

Short title and citation.

28.—This Act may be cited as the Army Pensions Act, 1927, and the Principal Act and this Act may be cited together as the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT.

Section and sub-section of the Principal Act.

How amended.

Section 1

, sub-sections (1), (2), and (3). (a) By the deletion of the words “as medically unfit for further service” wherever those words occur; (b) By the insertion of the words and figures “and before the 1st day of October, 1923” after the figures “1922” wherever those figures occur.

Section 1

, sub-section (4).

By the deletion of the word “so” wherever that word occurs and deletion of the words “as aforesaid.”

Section 3

, sub-section (1). (a) By the deletion of the words and figures “before the 1st day of April, 1922” and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words “while serving in the Irish Volunteers or the Irish Citizen Army”; (b) By the insertion of the words and figures “and before the 1st day of October, 1923” after the figures “1922” where those figures secondly occur; (c) By the deletion of the words “as medically unfit for further service.”

Section 4

, sub-section (3).

By the deletion of all words from the words “unless such person became” to the end of the sub-section and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words “but if such person became a member of the forces such pension shall not be payable for or in respect of the period during which he was or shall be a member of the forces.”

Section 4

.

By the insertion at the end of the section of a new sub-section as follows:— “(4) Any wound pension granted to a person who was wounded while performing his duty as a member of the Irish Volunteers on or after the 1st day of April, 1922 shall commence on the date on which such person was wounded, but if such person became a member of the forces such pension shall not be payable for or in respect of the period during which he was or shall be a member of the forces.”

Section 5

, sub-section (1).

By the deletion of the sub-section and the insertion in lieu thereof of a new sub-section, as follows:— “(1) The Minister may from time to time, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, supply to any person to whom a wound pension (whether temporary or permanent) or a gratuity has been granted under this Act such surgical and medical appliances as his case may require, and provide for the repair or renewal of any such appliances.”

Section 5

, sub-section (2).

By the deletion of the words “officer or soldier” wherever those words occur and the insertion in lieu thereof of the word “person.”

Section 6

, sub-section (1).

By the deletion of the words “officers and soldiers” and the insertion in lieu thereof of the word “persons.”

Section 6

, sub-section (2).

By the deletion of the words “officer or soldier” and the insertion in lieu thereof of the word “person.”

Section 7

, sub-section (1).

By the insertion of the words and figures “and before the 1st day of October, 1923” after the figures “1922” wherever those figures occur.

Section 7

, sub-section (1).

By the deletion in paragraph (b) of the words “three years” and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words “four years.”

Section 8

, sub-section (1). (a) By the deletion of the words and figures “before the 1st day of April, 1922” where those words and figures firstly and secondly occur and the insertion in lieu thereof in each case of the words “while serving in the Irish Volunteers or the Irish Citizen Army”; (b) By the insertion of the words and figures “and before the 1st day of October, 1923” after the figures “1922” where those figures thirdly occur.

Section 8

, sub-section (1).

By the deletion of the words “within three years” and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words “within four years.”

Section 8

, sub-section (2).

By the deletion of the sub-section and the insertion in lieu thereof of a new sub-section as follows:— “(2) Every allowance granted under this section shall commence on the 1st day of April, 1922 or the date of the death of the person in respect of whom the same is payable, whichever of those dates is the later.”

Section 11

, sub-section (1).

By the deletion of the words “officer or soldier” wherever those words occur and the insertion in lieu thereof of the word “person.”

Section 12

, sub-section (1).

By the deletion of the sub-section and the insertion in lieu thereof of a new sub-section as follows:— “(1) Every person who, with a view to obtaining the grant or payment of a pension, allowance or gratuity under this Act either for himself or for any other person, makes, signs, or uses any declaration, application, or other written statement knowing the same to be false shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.”

Section 13

, sub-sections (1), and (2).

By the deletion of the words “officer or soldier” wherever those words occur and the insertion in lieu thereof of the word “person.”

Section 13

, sub-section (2).

By the insertion of the words “or any compensation awarded by the Minister for Finance on the recommendation of the Personal Injuries Committee” after the words “officer or soldier” where those words firstly occur.

First Schedule By the deletion of the words and figures:— Loss of all toes, both feet 20 40 8/4 3 2 And the insertion in lieu thereof of the words and figures:— Loss of all toes, both feet 30 60 12/7 4/6 3 SECOND SCHEDULE.

Scales of disability pensions, wound pensions, and married pensions for persons discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924.

Officers.

Soldiers.

Degree of disablement.

Disability pension.

Married pension.

Disability pension.

Married pension.

Per cent.

Per annum.

Per week.

Per week.

Per week.

100 £200 15s.

0d. £2 2.

0.

10s.

90 £180 13s.

6d. £1 17.

9.

9s.

80 £160 12s.

0d. £1 13.

7.

8s.

70 £140 10s.

6d. £1 9.

4.

7s.

60 £120 9s.

0d. £1 5.

2.

6s.

50 £100 7s.

6d. £1 1.

0.

5s.

40 £80 6s.

0d.

16.

9.

4s.

30 £60 4s.

6d.

12.

7.

3s.

20 £40 3s.

0d.

8.

4.

2s.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Scale of disability pensions, wound pensions, and married pensions for persons discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924.

PART I.

OFFICERS.

Degree of disablement.

SCALE OF PENSION.

100 per cent.

60 per cent. of annual pay at the date of discharge.

90 ” ”

54 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

80 ” ”

48 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

70 ” ”

42 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

60 ” ”

36 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

50 ” ”

30 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

40 ” ”

24 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

30 ” ”

18 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

20 ” ”

12 ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”

Note.—“Annual Pay” does not include allowances, or additional pay in respect of temporary, probationary or acting duty.

The married pension payable to an officer in respect of a pension under this Schedule who is entitled to a married pension shall be at the rate of £20 per annum.

PART II.

SOLDIERS.

Rank of discharge from Forces.

Group.

Rates of Pension per week according to degree of disablement 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.

Private I 26 0 23 5 20 10 18 2 15 7 13 0 10 5 7 10 5 2 Corporal II 30 0 27 0 24 0 21 0 18 0 15 0 12 0 9 0 6 0 Sergeant Co. Q.M. Sergt. } III 34 0 30 7 27 2 23 10 20 5 17 0 13 7 10 2 6 10 Co. Segt. Batt. Q.M.S. } IV 38 0 34 2 30 5 26 7 22 10 19 0 15 2 11 5 7 7 Sergeant-Major V 42 0 37 9 33 7 29 4 25 2 21 0 16 9 12 7 8 4 The married pension payable to a soldier in receipt of a pension under this Schedule who is entitled to a married pension shall be at the rate of five shillings a week.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Scale of Degrees of Disability to Wounds.

Specific Injury Degree of Disablement per cent.

Loss of two or more limbs 100 Loss of both hands or of all fingers and thumbs ”

Total loss of sight ”

Wounds, injuries, or results of them, resulting in a disabled man being totally bedridden ”

Wounds, of or injuries to internal, thoracic or abdominal organs involving total permanent disablement ”

Total organic paralysis resulting from wounds or injuries to brain or spinal cord ”

Loss of an arm and one eye 90 Loss of a leg and one eye ”

Loss of a hand and a foot ”

Loss of one arm through shoulder ”

Loss of both feet 80 Amputation of leg at hip or below hip, with stump not exceeding five inches in length, measured from tip of great trochanter; of right arm below shoulder, with stump not exceeding six inches, measured from tip of acromion; or of left arm through shoulder ”

Amputation of leg below hip, with stump exceeding five inches in length, measured from tip of great trochanter, but not below middle thigh; of left arm below shoulder, with stump not exceeding six inches, measured from tip of acromion; or of right arm below shoulder, with stump, exceeding six inches, measured from tip of acromion, through elbow, or below elbow, with stump not exceeding five inches, measured from tip of olecranon 70 Amputation of leg below middle thigh, through knee, or below knee, with stump not exceeding four inches; of left arm below shoulder, with stump exceeding six inches, measured from tip of acromion, through elbow, or below elbow, with stump not exceeding five inches, measured from tip of olecranon; or of right arm below elbow, with stump exceeding five inches, measured from tip of olecranon 60 Amputation of leg below knee, with stump exceeding four inches; or of left arm below elbow, with stump exceeding five inches, measured from tip of olecranon 50 Loss of one eye, the result of G.S.W. or injury 40 Loss of thumb or of four fingers of right hand 40 Loss of thumb or of four fingers of left hand, or three fingers of right hand 30 Lisfranc operation, one foot 30 Loss of all toes, both feet 30 Loss of two fingers, either hand 20 Loss of all toes of one foot 20 Note.—In the case of left-handed men, certified to be such, the compensation in respect of the left arm, etc., will be same as for a right arm hand, etc., and vice versa.

FIFTH SCHEDULE Dependants to or amongst whom Gratuities may be granted.

PART I.

OFFICERS.

PART II.

SOLDIERS.

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

ALLOWANCES TO DEPENDANTS.

PART I.

OFFICERS.

Repayment of amount proved to have been in fact necessarily and properly expended in educational fees, but not exceeding £35 in any one calendar year.

Once allowance at the rate of £1 per week. If there are two or more such dependants, only one allowance shall be payable to such one of the dependants as the Minister for Defence shall direct.

An Allowance of 7s. 6d. per week, but the total allowances under this section shall not in the case of any one officer exceed £1 per week, and no allowance shall be payable under this section in any case in which any allowance is payable under any of the foregoing sections.

PART II.

SOLDIERS.

Repayment of amount proved to have been in fact necessarily and properly expended in educational fees, but not exceeding £35, in any one calendar year, where evidence to the satisfaction of the Minister is produced that the child of a soldier would benefit by education of a more advanced nature than that provided in Primary Schools, and would appear to have been deprived of such education owing to the death of his (or her) father.

One allowance at the rate of 15s. per week. If there are two or more such dependants only one allowance shall be payable, and such allowance shall be paid to such one of the dependants as the Minister for Defence shall direct.

Allowance of 5s. per week; but the total allowances under this section shall not in the case of any one soldier exceed 15s. per week. No allowance shall be payable under this section in any case in which any allowance is payable under any of the foregoing sections.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.

ALLOWANCES TO DEPENDANTS

PART I.

OFFICERS.

PART II.

SOLDIERS.

Gratuity of £50 on first re-marriage.

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