Superannuation (Various Services) Act 1938 (1938 c. 13)

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[F1] S. 1 and Sch. Pt. II repealed by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), s. 29, Sch. 8

2 Distribution of money not exceeding one hundred pounds without probate.

(1) Where, on the death of a person to whom any of the enactments mentioned in the first column of Part I of the Schedule to this Act applies, any sum not exceeding £1, 500 is due to that person or his legal personal representatives in respect of salary, wages or superannuation benefits, then, subject to any regulations made by the Treasury, probate or other proof of the title of the legal personal representatives may be dispensed with, and the said sum may be paid or distributed to or among the persons appearing to the appropriate authority to be beneficially entitled to the personal estate of the deceased person, or to or among any one or more of those persons, or, in the case of the illegitimacy of the deceased person or any of his children, to or among such persons as the appropriate authority may think fit, and the appropriate authority or other person responsible for the payment of any such sum shall be discharged from all liability in respect of any such payment or distribution.

[F2] Words substituted by virtue of Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965 (c. 32), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I and S.I. 1975/1137, art. 3(a)

(2) For the purposes of this section, the expression “the appropriate authority” means, in relation to any of the said enactments, the person or body specified in relation to that enactment in the third column of Part I of the Schedule to this Act.

3 Short title and interpretation.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Superannuation (Various Services) Act 1938.

(2) In this Act the expression “superannuation benefits” includes a superannuation allowance, additional allowance, annual allowance, retiring allowance, compensation allowance, gratuity, pension, compensation and annuity.

SCHEDULE Enactments extended and appropriate authority thereunder

Part I Enactments to which sections one and two apply

	Appropriate Authority.
Enactment.	[For the purposes of section one of this Act.]	For the purposes of section two of this Act.
The Caledonian and Crinan Canals Amendment Act 1860, section thirty-two, as amended by and in pursuance of section two and subsection (2) of section thirty of the Ministry of Transport Act 1919.	...	The Minister of Transport.
...	...	...
The Merchant Shipping Act 1995, section 214	...	A general lighthouse authority.
...	...	...
...	...	...
...	...	...
...	...	...
The Transport Act 1962, tenth Schedule, paragraph 8.	...	The Minister of Transport
...	...	...

[F3] Sch. Pt I, the column specifying the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 1, repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[M1] 1860 c. 46.

[M2] 1919 c. 50.

[F3] Sch. Pt I, the column specifying the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 1, repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[F4] Entry repealed by Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (c. 28), s. 15(8)(e)

[F4] Entry repealed by Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (c. 28), s. 15(8)(e)

[F4] Entry repealed by Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (c. 28), s. 15(8)(e)

[F5] Words substituted by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), Sch. 6 para. 17

[F6] Words in Sch. Pt. I substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 312(1), 314, Sch. 13 para. 17

[F3] Sch. Pt I, the column specifying the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 1, repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[X1] The text of this entry in Sch. Pt. I , now spent , is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect the amendments or repeals that may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

[F7] Entry repealed by Superannuation (Amendment) Act 1965 (c. 10), Sch. 4 Pt. II

[F7] Entry repealed by Superannuation (Amendment) Act 1965 (c. 10), Sch. 4 Pt. II

[F7] Entry repealed by Superannuation (Amendment) Act 1965 (c. 10), Sch. 4 Pt. II

[F8] Entries in Sch. Pt. I repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 11

[F3] Sch. Pt I, the column specifying the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 1, repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[F8] Entries in Sch. Pt. I repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 11

[F8] Entries in Sch. Pt. I repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 11

[F3] Sch. Pt I, the column specifying the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 1, repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[F8] Entries in Sch. Pt. I repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 11

[F9] Entries repealed by Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), Sch. 7 Pt. I

[F9] Entries repealed by Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), Sch. 7 Pt. I

[F9] Entries repealed by Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), Sch. 7 Pt. I

[F10] Words substituted by virtue of Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Sch. 10 para. 8(1)

[M3] 1962 c. 46.

[F3] Sch. Pt I, the column specifying the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 1, repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[F11] Entry relating to Assessor of Public Undertakings (Scotland) Act 1934 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[F11] Entry relating to Assessor of Public Undertakings (Scotland) Act 1934 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

[F11] Entry relating to Assessor of Public Undertakings (Scotland) Act 1934 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group 1.

PART II . . .

[F12] S. 1 and Sch. Pt. II repealed by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), s. 29, Sch. 8