Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 766

The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1991

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1991 No. 766

PENSIONS

The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1991

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of March 1991

Present,

The Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council

WHEREAS Her Majesty deems it expedient to amend the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983^[1] and to do so by Order in Council in pursuance of section 12(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977^[2]:

NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(1) and 24(3) of the said Act of 1977 and of all powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1991 and shall come into force on the 8th April 1991.

    (2)  In this Order, the expression "the principal Order" means the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983.

Amendment of article 18 of the principal Order
    2.    In article 18 of the principal Order (unemployability allowances) in paragraph (2) for the amount "£1,820" there shall be substituted the amount "£2,028".

Amendment of Schedules to the principal Order
    3.—(1)  In Schedule 1 to the principal Order (rates of pension and other grants payable in respect of disablement)-
 (a) for Tables 1 and 3 of Part II there shall respectively be substituted the Tables set out in Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order;
 (b) for Tables 1 and 2 of Part III there shall respectively be substituted the Tables set out in Schedules 3 and 4 to this Order;
 (c) for Part IV there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 5 to this Order.

    (2)  In Schedule 2 to the principal Order (rates of pension and other grants payable in respect of death)-
 (a) for Table 1A of Part II there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 6 to this Order;
 (b) for the amount "£3,178" in the second column of Table 1B of Part II there shall be substituted the amount "£3,525";
 (c) for the amounts "£60.95" and "£14.07" in the second and third columns of Table 3 of Part II there shall respectively be substituted the amounts "£67.60" and "£15.60";
 (d) for Table 5 of Part II there shall be substituted the Table set out in Schedule 7 to this Order;
 (e) for Part III there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 8 to this Order.

Amendment of article 26A of the principal Order
    4.    For sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of article 26A^[3]there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph-
"(a) disablement as a result of the amputation of both legs, at levels which are either through or above the ankle; or"

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

[1] S.I. 1983/883, as amended by S.I. 1983/1116, 1521, 1984/1154, 1687, 1985/1201, 1986/592, 1987/165, 1988/248, 2248, 1989/156 and 1990/250, 1308. back

[2] 1977 c. 5. back

[3] Article 26A was inserted by article 4 of S.I. 1983/1116. back

Explanatory Note