Greenwich Hospital Act 1947

1 Removal of restrictions on amount of special Greenwich Hospital pensions and of expenditure on education and maintenance of children.

(1) The following provisions of the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1942, that is to say—

(a) so much of section five of the [32 & 33 Vict. c. 44.] Greenwich Hospital Act, 1869, as limits the amount of the special Greenwich Hospital pensions which may be appointed to non-commissioned officers and men admitted to the benefits of Greenwich Hospital in lieu of maintenance ;

(b) so much of section four of the [35 & 36 Vict. c. 67.] Greenwich Hospital Act, 1872, as limits the number of daughters of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who at any one time may be educated and maintained under that section; and

(c) so much of section five of the said Act of 1872 as limits the amount that may be expended under the said section five on the education and maintenance of any son or daughter of a deceased or distressed commissioned officer of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines,

shall cease to have effect.

(2) In accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of the "foregoing subsection, section six of the [10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 36.] Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920 and paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section seven of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1944 (which provide for disregarding certain increases of pensions in determining the amount of, or eligibility for, such special Greenwich Hospital pensions as aforesaid) are hereby repealed.