Greenwich Hospital Act 1947

2 Extension of power to grant pensions, etc., under 46 & 47 Vict. c. 32, s. 2.

(1) The power of the Admiralty, under section two of the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1883, to grant pensions to widows, allowances to children, and gratuities to dependants of certain non-commissioned and petty officers and men dying in the service of the Crown shall include power to grant such pensions, allowances and gratuities in the case of any person deceased, whether before or after the passing of this Act, while serving, or having served, as a non-commissioned officer, petty officer or man of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines or of any naval reserve force, so however that pensions, allowances and gratuities shall not be granted by virtue of this section except in accordance with regulations of the Admiralty made under section four of the said Act of ,1883.

(2) In accordance with the last foregoing subsection, section two of the said Act of 1883 shall be amended so as to have effect as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.