Admiralty Pensions Act 1921 (1921 c. 39)

1 Commutation of pensions.

(1) 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 Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865.

[M1] 1865 c. 73.

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[F1] S. 1(2) repealed (E.W.) (S.) by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), s. 33(3), Sch. 3 Pt. I and (N.I.) by Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16), s. 31(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I

2 Restoration of forfeited pension.

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[F2] S. 2(1) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 83, Sch. 10 Pt. I and Statute Law Revision Act 1953 c. 5 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2)

(2) During such time as any person whose Admiralty pension has been forfeited, whether under the Forfeiture 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,civil partner, children, or other dependents of that person.

[M2] 1870 c. 23.

[F3] Words in s. 2(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(a), Sch. 26 para. 13; S.I. 2005/3175, , Sch. 1

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[F5] S. 3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

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 Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, or under the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1898, and, in relation to officers, retired pay.

[M3] 1865 c. 73.

5 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Admiralty Pensions Act, 1921.