An Act to make further provision as respects the application of certain funds under the management of the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation.
[12th July 1950]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
(1)The objects of the fund constituted in pursuance of subsection (2) of section ten of the M1Regimental Debts Act, 1893 (which provides for the application of the undisposed residue of soldiers’ effects to the creation or maintenance of a fund for the benefit of [F1widows, surviving civil partners or children ], or other near relatives, of soldiers dying on service or within six months after discharge) shall, to such extent as may be provided by Royal Warrant under that Act and subject to the provisions of any such Warrant, include the widows, [F2surviving civil partners, ]children and other near relatives of persons dying at any time who have been soldiers.
(2)The foregoing subsection shall apply in relation to the air force, but with the substitution—
(a)for the reference to the said Act of 1893 of a reference to that Act as applied to the air force;
(b)for the references to soldiers of references to airmen.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(a), Sch. 26 para. 20(a); S.I. 2005/3175, Sch. 1
F2Words in s. 1(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(a), Sch. 26 para. 20(b); S.I. 2005/3175, Sch. 1
Marginal Citations
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Textual Amendments
F3S. 2 repealed (1.1.2006) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), s. 8, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/3107, art. 3
This Act may be cited as the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation Act, 1950.