71.—(1) Schedule 4 (which contains transitory provisions) shall have effect.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Schedule 4 and of the following provisions of this article the instruments specified in Schedule 5 are hereby revoked.
(3) Where, immediately before the date on which this Order comes into force—
(a)a person is entitled to receive retired pay, a pension, an allowance, a supplement or an addition under a 1919 to 1921 instrument or an instrument revoked by a 1964 instrument (“the relevant benefit”); and
(b)the relevant benefit is, by virtue of article 72(2) of the Service Pensions Order 1983, paid at the rate specified in a provision of Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to that Order which corresponds to a provision of Schedule 2, 4 or 6 to that 1964 instrument
the relevant benefit shall, after the coming into force of this Order, be paid at the rate specified in a provision of Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 to this Order which corresponds to a provision of Schedule 2, 4 or 6 to that 1964 instrument.
(4) Where, immediately before this Order comes into force, a person is entitled to receive constant attendance allowance under article 14 of the Service Pensions Order 1983 as a result of a decision to award that allowance made before 9th April 2001, the allowance shall, after the coming into force of this Order, be paid at the rate specified in—
(a)paragraph 1(b)(i) of Part IV of Schedule 1 where the allowance had, immediately before the coming into force of this Order, been paid under article 14(1)(a) of the Service Pensions Order 1983; and
(b)paragraph 1(b)(ii) of Part IV of Schedule 1 where the allowance had, immediately before the coming into force of this Order, been paid under article 14(1)(b) of the Service Pensions Order 1983.
(5) Anything done or begun under a provision of the Service Pensions Order 1983 which has been re-enacted under this Order shall be treated as having been done or begun under the corresponding provision of this Order.
(6) No award already made to or in respect of any person under any previous Order or Warrant concerning pensions or other benefit in respect of disablement or death due to service shall, by virtue only of the coming into force of this Order, be re-assessed to that person's disadvantage.
(7) The provisions of this Order are subject to the provisions of the Order in Council of 19th December 1881, the Royal Warrant of 27th October 1884 and the Order by His Majesty of 13th June 1922 and each of those instruments shall have effect as though this Order were specified in it.
(8) Any relevant provision of this Order shall apply to any case where the disablement or death of a member of the armed forces was due to service before 6th April 2005 whether or not an award has been made under the Service Pensions Order 1983 or any instrument preceding that Order concerning pensions or other benefits in respect of disablement or death due to service.
(9) Any reference in a certificate issued under section 10 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 M1 (provisions relating to the armed forces) to an instrument revoked by the Service Pensions Order 1978 or by the Service Pensions Order 1983 shall be construed as including, in so far as appropriate in any particular case, a reference to this Order.
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