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It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council from time to time, by Order in Council, to appoint such pensions as seem fit to officers, [F1warrant officers] non-commissioned officers, and men of the Royal Navy and marines, and seamen of the merchant service for the time being entitled to the benefits of Greenwich Hospital, to be enjoyed by them so long only as they are not on the establishment or inmates of Greenwich Hospital, but in addition to any . . . F2, pension, or other allowance coming to them otherwise than under any such Order in Council,—and to prescribe the conditions on which such pensions are to be held,—and to appoint such gratuities as seem fit to widows of [F1warrant officers] non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Navy and marines killed or drowned in the service of the Crown.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), s. 75, Sch. 3 para. 2
F2Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
The Admiralty may from time to time appoint to any non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines who were on the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five inmates of Greenwich Hospital, and who being inmates thereof after the commencement of this Act are willing to cease to be inmates thereof, such allowances seem fit, not exceeding the rates of money allowances of which, on the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, they were in receipt as inmates of the Hospital, to be enjoyed by them respectively in addition to any pensions appointed to them under any such Order in Council.]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 6 repealed by Greenwich Hospital Act 1869 (c. 44), Sch. but reproduced for the purpose of construing the remaining provisions of the Act
Pensions and gratuities under any such Order in Council and such allowances shall be distinguished as Greenwich Hospital pensions, gratuities, and allowances (as the case may be); and the pensions now known as Greenwich out pensions shall be called naval pensions.
Textual Amendments
F4S. 8 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 9, 21, 48, 50, 51, 57 repealed by Greenwich Hospital Act 1885 (c. 42), Sch. Pt. I
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