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GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - LONG TITLE

An Act to provide for the better Government of Greenwich Hospital,
and the more beneficial Application of the Revenues thereof.{1}
[5th July 1865]
Preliminary

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited as "The Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865."

S.2 rep. by SLR 1893

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 3
Interpretation of terms.

3. In this Act

Definition rep. by SLR 1893

The term "lands" includes any estate, term, easement, right, or
interest in, to, over, or affecting lands.

S.4 rep. by SLR 1875

Power to appoint pensions to officers, &c. entitled to benefits of
Greenwich Hospital, to be enjoyed by them so long as they are not
inmates, and gratuities to widows of officers, &c. killed on
service.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 5

5. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council from time to
time, by Order in Council, to appoint such pensions as seem fit to
officers, [warrant officers], non-commissioned officers, and men of
the Royal Navy and marines, and seamen of the merchant service for
the time being entitled to the benefits of Greenwich Hospital, to
be enjoyed by them so long only as they are not on the
establishment or inmates of Greenwich Hospital, but in addition to
any ..., pension, or other allowance coming to them otherwise than
under any such Order in Council,and to prescribe the conditions on
which such pensions are to be held,and to appoint such gratuities
as seem fit to widows of [warrant officers], non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Navy and marines killed or drowned
in the service of the Crown.

S.6 (allowances to present inmates of Greenwich Hospital ceasing to
be such) rep. by 1869 c.44 s.2 sch.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 7
Name of pensions, &c.

7. Pensions and gratuities under any such Order in Council and such
allowances shall be distinguished as Greenwhich Hospital pensions,
gratuities, and allowances (as the case may be); and the pensions
now known as Greenwich out pensions shall be called naval pensions.

S.8 rep. by SL(R) 1976. S.9 rep. by 1885 c.42 s.8 sch. Pt.I

S.10 rep. by SLR 1893. Ss.1113 rep. by SLR 1893; SI 1964/488. S.14
rep. by SLR 1875

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 15
Appointment, salary, and duties of visitor and governor.

15. ... the Admiralty may appoint an officer of the Royal Navy of
rank not lower than that of vice admiral to be Visitor and
Governor of Greenwich Hospital during good behaviour, and from time
to time on any vacancy in the said office may appoint a successor
with the like qualification, and may (subject to the approval of
Her Majesty in Council) fix the salary of such officer, and may
from time to time assign to him as visitor such duties as seem
fit, but so that he be not authorized to interfere with the
ordinary government of the Hospital, or of the schools thereof.

Ss.1619 rep. by SI 1964/488

Government of the Hospital and schools, and appointment and payment
of officers.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 20

20. The government of Greenwich Hospital, and of the schools of the
Hospital, including the authority to establish from time to time
regulations for the admission of inmates into the Hospital and of
children into the schools, shall be vested exclusively in the
Admiralty, but any such regulations shall not have effect unless and
until they are approved by Her Majesty in Council; and the
Admiralty shall from time to time continue or appoint such officers,
clerks, and servants for the purposes of the Hospital and schools
as seem fit, and may ... fix the salaries of such officers and
clerks, and may regulate the wages of such servants, and may from
time to time remove any of the officers, clerks, and servants, and
appoint others in their stead.

S.21 rep. by 1885 c.42 s.8 sch. Pt.I

Ss.27, 28 rep. by 1869 c.44 s.2 sch. S.29 rep. by 1898 c.24 s.2

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 30
Power to make free grants of land, and grants of money, for places
of worship, &c.

30. The Admiralty, with the approval of Her Majesty in Council, may
from time to time make free grants of land part of the lands
vested in them by virtue of this Act, and grants of money, for
the erection of buildings and providing conveniences for places of
worship, residence of ministers, education of children, or other
public purposes (so that any such grant of land do not include any
right to the minerals under the land granted, or comprise more than
two acres in any one parish).

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 31
Purchase money of land sold to be carried to Greenwich Hospital
Capital Account.

31. Any purchase money paid to Her Majesty's Paymaster General in
respect of any part of the lands vested in the Admiralty by virtue
of this Act no longer required to be held by the Admiralty for
the benefit of the Hospital, and accordingly sold by them ...,
shall be carried by him to an account to be called the Greenwich
Hospital Capital Account.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 32
Transfer of stock to the Admiralty.

32. On or as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act
the Bank of England shall, on requisition in writing from the
Admiralty, cause all Bank annuities then standing in the books of
the Bank of England in the names of the Commissioners of Greenwich
Hospital to be transferred to an account to be called the Account
of the Lord High Admiral or Commissioners of the Admiralty for the
time being ex parte Greenwich Hospital, and the same shall belong
to the Admiralty, on behalf of Her Majesty, for the exclusive
benefit of Greenwich Hospital.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 33
Payment of dividends to income account.

33. The Bank of England shall from time to time, under the
direction of the Admiralty, place to the cash account of Her
Majesty's Paymaster General the dividends for the time being accrued
due in respect of the Bank annuities held by the Admiralty for the
benefit of Greenwich Hospital ... and the same shall be carried to
the Greenwich Hospital income account.

S.34 rep. by SLR 1875

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 35
Other personal property vested in Her Majesty, for benefit of
Hospital.

35. All personal property not in the foregoing provisions specified
belonging to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital is hereby vested
in Her Majesty for the exclusive benefit of Greenwich Hospital.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 36
Payment of other income to income account.

36. All income not in the foregoing provisions specified arising
from property held for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital, or
otherwise accruing to the Hospital, shall be paid into the Bank of
England to the cash account of Her Majesty's Paymaster General, who
shall carry the same to the Greenwich Hospital income account.

S.37 rep. by 1869 c.44 s.2 sch.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 38
Conversion of stock, &c. and payment of proceeds to capital account.

38. The Admiralty may from time to time, with a view to the
execution of any of the purposes of this Act, or to a change of
investment, convert into money any Bank annuities, stocks, funds, or
securities for the time being held by them for the benefit of
Greenwich Hospital; and all such money shall be paid into the Bank
of England to the cash account of Her Majesty's Paymaster General,
who shall carry the same to the Greenwich Hospital capital account.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 39
Transfers between capital and income accounts.

39. Her Majesty's Paymaster General shall from time to time, under
the direction of the Admiralty, carry over such sums as
circumstances require from the Greenwich Hospital income account to
the Greenwich Hospital capital account, and vice versa.

S.40 rep. by 1967 c.74 s.1(2). Ss.41, 42 rep. by SI 1964/488. S.43
rep. by SL(R) 1976. S.44 rep. by SL(R) 1973. S.45 rep. by SL(R)
1976. S.46 rep. by 1869 c.44 s.2 sch.

Audit of accounts of capital and income

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 47

47. The Accountant General of the Navy shall annually prepare and
submit to the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts accounts
of the receipt and expenditure of the capital and of the income
derived from the lands and property held for the benefit of
Greenwich Hospital; and the Commissioners for auditing the Public
Accounts shall audit the same as nearly as may be in like manner
as they audit the accounts rendered by the Commissioners of Woods;
and in relation to such audit the Admiralty and the Commissioners
for auditing the Public Accounts shall respectively have the like
powers, as nearly as may be, as the Treasury and the Commissioners
for auditing the Public Accounts respectively have in relation to
the audit of the accounts rendered by the Commissioners of Woods.

S.48 rep. by 1885 c.42 s.8 sch. Pt.I

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 49
Accounts to be laid before Parliament.

49. The Admiralty shall lay all the several accounts so audited,
with the report thereon of the Commissioners for auditing the Public
Accounts, before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after
the completion of the audit for each year, if Parliament is then
sitting, and if not, then within fourteen days after the next
meeting of Parliament.

Ss.50, 51 rep. by 1885 c.42 s.8 sch. Pt.I

Ss.5256 rep. by SI 1964/488. S.57 rep. by 1885 c.42 s.8 sch. Pt.I.
S.58 rep. by SI 1964/488

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 59
Protection of Admiralty.

59. The Admiralty shall not, by reason of anything done or omitted
to be done in the execution or intended execution of this Act, or
in relation to any lands vested in the Admiralty by virtue of this
Act or purchased by the Admiralty under this Act, be liable
collectively or individually to any fine, penalty, or forfeiture, or
to the execution of any process against person or property.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL ACT 1865 - SECT 60
Publication, &c. of Orders in Council.

60. Every Order in Council under this Act shall be published in
the London Gazette, and shall be laid before both Houses of
Parliament within one month after the making thereof, if Parliament
is then sitting, and if not, then within one month after the next
meeting of Parliament.

Schedule rep. by SLR 1875






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