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 [F3or surviving civil partners] 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F2Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt.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
F3Words in s. 5 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(a), Sch. 26 para. 1; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1