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WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the War Pensions Acts, 1915 to 1919, and the
Ministry of Pensions Act, 1916.
[4th August 1920]
Amendment of 1916 c.65.

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - SECT 1

1.(1) The powers and duties transferred from..., the Commissioners of
the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea,... to the Minister by
the Ministry of Pensions Act, 1916, shall, except in so far as
those powers and duties relate to pensions or grants to which the
War Pensions Acts as amended by this Act apply, or to pensions or
grants awarded in respect of wounds, disabilities, or other matters
suffered, incurred, or happening in any war which occurred before
the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen, be
re-transferred to..., the Commissioners,..., and the expressions "the
present war," "the great war," or "the war" in any Warrants or
Orders in Council relating to pensions, grants or allowances
administered by the Minister shall have the same meaning as by
virtue of this Act the expression "the present war" has in the War
Pensions Acts, and all such Warrants and Orders in Council shall be
construed and have effect accordingly.

(2) The expression "pension"... in subsection (3) of section two of
the Air Force (Constitution) Act, 1917, shall, in relation to
officers, include a wounds pension awarded to an officer who is at
any time after the date on which this subsection comes into
operation in receipt of retired pay, or in the case of a naval
warrant officer of a pension, granted under a Warrant or Order in
Council administered by the Minister.

(3) If any question arises as to whether any pension, grant or
allowance is a pension, grant, or allowance to which the War
Pensions Acts as amended by this Act apply, that question shall be
referred to the Minister, and the decision of the Minister thereon
shall be conclusive.

Subs.(4) rep. by SLR 1953

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - SECT 2
Application of War Pensions Acts.

2. The expression "the present war" in the War Pensions Acts shall
mean any war carried on by His Majesty at any time during the
period from the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen,
to the thirtieth day after the date fixed under the Termination of
the Present War (Definition) Act, 1918, as the date of the
termination of the present war, both inclusive, and accordingly,
unless the context otherwise requires, references in those Acts to
pensions, grants, and allowances, and to deceased or disabled
officers or men, shall respectively be construed as references to
pensions, grants, and allowances, granted, made, or awarded in
respect of wounds, disablements or other matters suffered, incurred,
or happening during the said period, whether the officers or men to
or in respect of whom the pensions, grants, or allowances are
granted, made or awarded, retired or are discharged from the
service, or die before the expiration of the said period, or
whether they so retire or are discharged or die after the
expiration of the said period, and to officers and men who have
died or been disabled through causes arising out of their service
during that period, whether they retire or are discharged from the
service or die before the expiration of the said period, or whether
they so retire, or are discharged, or die after the expiration of
the said period:

Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the operation of
section three of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act,
1919.

Ss.36 rep. by SLR 1927

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - SECT 7
Restoration of forfeited pensions.

7.(1) The Minister may, in his discretion and upon such terms as
he thinks fit, restore, either in whole or in part, any pension
which has been forfeited under the Forfeiture Act, 1870.

(2) During such time as any person whose pension has been
forfeited, whether under the Forfeiture Act, 1870, or otherwise, is
undergoing imprisonment, the Minister may in his discretion pay or
apply any part of the pension which may be restored under the
foregoing provision or otherwise, or any allowance payable to that
person during the continuance of the pension, to, or for the
benefit of, the wife, children, or other dependants of that person.

(3) In this section the expression "pension" means any pension
awarded or administered by the Minister in pursuance of any Warrant
or Order in Council.

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - SECT 8
Statutory right of widow or dependant to a pension.

8.(1) The widow or dependant of a deceased officer or man shall be
entitled to receive such pension, gratuity, or allowance as is
awarded by the Minister under any Warrant or Order in Council for
the time being in force in respect of that officer or man, and
for the payment whereof money has been provided by Parliament, but
the award of any such pension, gratuity, or allowance shall be
subject to the conditions contained in the Warrant or Order.

Subs.(2) amends s.8 of 1919 c.53

S.9 substitutes s.9(4) of 1918 c.57 (8 & 9 Geo.5)

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - SECT 10
Exemption from stamp duty.

10. Any ... document used in relation to the payment of any
pension, grant, or allowance to which the War Pensions Acts apply
shall, unless otherwise provided by the Warrant, or Order in
Council, under which the pension, grant, or allowance is granted,
made, or awarded, be exempt from stamp duty.

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - SECT 11
Interpretation.

11.(1) Unless the context otherwise requires, the expression "Royal
warrant" or "Warrant" in the War Pensions Acts shall include any
order under the Air Force (Constitution) Act, 1917, relating to
pensions the administration of which is vested in the Minister.

(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

The expression "the Minister" means the Minister of Pensions:

The expression "the War Pensions Acts" means the War Pensions Acts,
1915 to 1919, and this Act:

Definition rep. by SLR 1953

The expression "the Act of 1918" means the War Pensions
(Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918.

(3) This Act shall be construed as one with the War Pensions Acts,
1915 to 1919.

WAR PENSIONS ACT 1920 - SECT 12
Short title.

12.(1) This Act may be cited as the War Pensions Act, 1920, and
the War Pensions Acts, 1915 to 1919, and this Act may be cited
together as the War Pensions Acts, 1915 to 1920.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR 1927