Admiralty Pensions Act 1921
An Act to make further provision with respect to Admiralty Pensions, and with respect to Pensions, Grants, or Allowances payable under the Injuries in War (Compensation) Acts, and the Government War Obligations Acts.
1 Commutation of pensions.
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The Admiralty may on the application of the pensioner, in their discretion and on such terms and subject to such conditions as with the approval of the Treasury they may prescribe, commute, by the payment of a capital sum of money, any Admiralty pension payable to a seaman or marine as defined for the purposes of the M1Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865.
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2 Restoration of forfeited pension.
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During such time as any person whose Admiralty pension has been forfeited, whether under the M2Forfeiture Act, 1870, or otherwise, is undergoing imprisonment, the Admiralty may in their discretion pay or apply any part of the pension which may be restored, under the foregoing provision or otherwise, to or for the benefit of the wife,F3civil partner, children, or other dependents of that person.
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4 Definition.
In this Act the expression “Admiralty pension” means any pension awarded and administered by the Admiralty in pursuance of any Order in Council obtained under the M3Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, or under the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1898, and, in relation to officers, retired pay.
5 Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Admiralty Pensions Act, 1921.