The Naval Medical Compassionate Fund (Amendment) Order 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 1965

DEFENCE

The Naval Medical Compassionate Fund (Amendment) Order 1995

Made

26th July 1995

Coming into force

1st December 1995

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of July 1995

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915(1), 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 Medical Compassionate Fund (Amendment) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st December 1995.

(2) In this Order “the Standing Orders and Regulations” means the Standing Orders and Regulations for the Constitution and Government of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund, approved by Order in Council dated 28th July 1915(2).

Amendment of the Standing Orders and Regulations

2.  The Standing Orders and Regulations shall be amended as follows—

(a) for Article 2, there shall be substituted the following Article—

“2.   The President and the other Trustees of the Fund shall be appointed by the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council. The Admiralty Board shall also appoint persons to fill any vacancies among the Trustees. Each appointment shall be made in writing, and shall be on such terms and for such period as the Admiralty Board may decide.”;

(b) in Article 5, for the words “the Trustees provided for in article 2”, there shall be substituted the words “the persons who are the Trustees of the Fund for the time being”;

(c) in Article 11, for the words “an Officer appointed by the Medical Director General (Naval) from among the Officers serving on his staff”, there shall be substituted the words “appointed by the President of the Fund from among the Members of the Fund”;

(d) for Part II of the Schedule, there shall be substituted the following Part:

PART II THE TABLE

Age of person in years at the date the Life Subscription is paid
Appropriate Multiplier
Female	Male
Between 20 and 24 years	17	13
Between 25 and 29 years	20	16
Between 30 and 34 years	24	20
Between 35 and 39 years	29	24
Between 40 and 44 years	33	28
Between 45 and 49 years	38	33
Between 50 and 54 years	43	37
Between 55 and 59 years	48	42
Between 60 and 64 years	52	47
Over 64 years	57	52

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Standing Orders and Regulations of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund.

The Order amends the Standing Orders and Regulations to provide for the President and Trustees of the Fund to be appointed by the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council (Article 2) and for the Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary to be appointed by the President of the Fund (Article 11).

The Order also amends the Schedule to the Standing Orders and Regulations by substituting a new Table, changing the multipliers by which the Life Subscriptions are calculated.

(1)

1915 c. 28; section 1(1)(c) was amended by S.I. 1964/488.

(2)

S.R. & O. 1915/769, amended by S.R. & O. 1919/884, S.I. 1967/1484, 1977/819, 1988/1294 and 1991/994.