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ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1932
Statutory Text (2 Articles)
FIRST SCHEDULE. Rates of Pensions.
Rates of Pensions.
Degree of Disablement
Degree of Disablement
Disablement Pension
Disablement Pension
Married Pension
Married Pension
per cent.
per cent.
per annum
per annum
per
per
week
week
s.
s.
d.
d.
100
100
£150
£150
11
11
3
3
90
90
£135
£135
10
10
0
0
80
80
£120
£120
9
9
0
0
70
70
£105
£105
7
7
9
9
60
60
£ 90
£ 90
6
6
9
9
50
50
£ 75
£ 75
5
5
6
6
40
40
£ 60
£ 60
4
4
6
6
30
30
£ 45
£ 45
3
3
3
3
20
20
£ 30
£ 30
2
2
3
3
Note.—The degrees of disablement mentioned in the first column shall be taken to refer to the degrees of disablement as measured by the Fourth Schedule to the Act of 1927.
SECOND SCHEDULE. Allowances and Gratuities to Dependants.
Allowances and Gratuities to Dependants.
PART I.
1. Widow
1. Widow
£67 10s. per annum during widowhood, and a gratuity of £90 on first re-marriage.
£67 10s. per annum during widowhood, and a gratuity of £90 on first re-marriage.
2. Each son under the age of 18
2. Each son under the age of 18
(a) While mother is living, £18 per annum.
(a) While mother is living, £18 per annum.
(b) After death of mother, £30 per annum.
(b) After death of mother, £30 per annum.
3. Each unmarried daughter under the the age of 21.
3. Each unmarried daughter under the the age of 21.
(a) While mother is living, £18 per annum.
(a) While mother is living, £18 per annum.
(b) After death of mother £30 per annum.
(b) After death of mother £30 per annum.
4. Each child of or over the age of 12 and under the age of 18.
4. Each child of or over the age of 12 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 £26 in any one calendar year.
Repayment of amount proved to have been in fact necessarily and properly expended in educational fees, but not exceeding £26 in any one calendar year.
PART II.
5. (a) Mother (b) Father over 60 years of age or incapacitated by ill-health (c) Permanently invalided brother or permanently invalided unmarried sister (d) Grandparents
5. (a) Mother
(b) Father over 60 years of age or incapacitated by ill-health
(c) Permanently invalided brother or permanently invalided unmarried sister
(d) Grandparents
One allowance at the rate of 15s. 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.
One allowance at the rate of 15s. 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.
6. Each brother under the age of 18, and each unmarried sister under the age of 21
6. Each brother under the age of 18, and each unmarried sister under the age of 21
An allowance of 5s. per week, but the total allowances under this section shall not in the case of any deceased person exceed 15s. 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.
An allowance of 5s. per week, but the total allowances under this section shall not in the case of any deceased person exceed 15s. 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 III.
7. No allowance shall be payable to any person under Part II of this Schedule unless such person was, at the date of the death of the deceased person in respect of whom such allowance is claimed, wholly dependent on such deceased person.
8. Where a deceased person leaves persons partially dependent on him, such persons shall not be granted any allowances, but in necessitous cases or other special circumstances a gratuity or gratuities may be granted to all or any of such partial dependants. The total amount of the gratuities granted under this paragraph in respect of any one deceased person shall not exceed the sum of £112 10s.
9. Whenever any dependant was wholly or partially dependent on more than one deceased person, such dependant shall not receive, in respect of such deceased persons, allowances or gratuitites exceeding in the whole the maximum allowance which would be granted to such dependant under Part II of this Schedule in respect of any one of such deceased persons.
10. Whenever it appears to the Minister that a woman to whom an allowance has been granted under Section 3 of Part I of this Schedule or under Sections 5 (a) or 5 (c) of Part II of this Schedule has married since the commencement of such allowance or that a person to whom an allowance has been granted under Section 5 (c) of the said Part II has recovered, the Minister may reconsider such allowance and, if he thinks fit, reduce or terminate such allowance.
11. No gratuity under Section 8 of Part III of this Schedule shall be payable to the widower of a deceased member of Cumann na mBan and no allowance under Part I of this Schedule or a gratuity under Section 8 of Part III of this Schedule shall be payable in respect of any child of a deceased member of Cumann na mBan during the lifetime of the father of such child, unless the Minister is satisfied, that suchfather is unable to support such child.