Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2) (c.18)

Injuries in War Compensation Act 1914 (Session 2)

1914 c.18 5_and_6_Geo_5

An Act to provide for the grant of Pensions and other Allowances to certain persons if disabled whilst employed abroad in connection with warlike operations, and to their dependants, and to amend the Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914.

[27th November 1914]

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1	Act amended by War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53), s. 1(1); extended by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 36
C2	Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
C3	Act amended (women's services) by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), s. 20, Sch. 3 para. 1
Commencement Information
I1	Act wholly in force at Royal Assent

Pension schemes for persons disabled abroad in connection with warlike operations.

— (1) The [ F1 Defence Council ] , subject to the consent of the Treasury, shall have power to frame schemes as to pensions and grants and other allowances in the nature thereof to be paid to persons (not being officers or men of any of His Majesty ’ s forces) in respect of disablement suffered whilst employed on shore out of the United Kingdom by or under the [ F1 Secretary of State for Defence ] in connection with warlike operations in which His Majesty is engaged, and, in the case of their death, to their widows or other dependants.

(2) A scheme shall specify the persons to whom the scheme applies and the conditions under which it becomes applicable, and may include persons not in the direct employment of the [ F1 Secretary of State for Defence ] .

(3) A person to whom any such scheme applies shall not, nor, in the case of his death, shall his widow or other dependants or his personal representatives, in respect of any disablement suffered by him whilst the scheme so applies to him, be entitled to any pensions or other benefits under any Order in Council or any warrant or regulations relating to officers and men in the [ F1 naval, military or air force ] service of the Crown, . . . F2 or to any compensation or damages at common law or under any other statute, except so far as the scheme otherwise provides.

(4) All pensions, grants, and other allowances under this Act shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(5) A scheme under this Act may provide that the scheme shall have effect as from the third day of August nineteen hundred and fourteen, and any such scheme may be revoked or varied by a subsequent scheme.

(6) For the purposes of this section, “ disablement ” means disablement by personal injury or by sickness specifically attributable to the nature or conditions of the employment.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1	Words substituted with saving by S.I. 1964/488
F2	Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4	Functions of Treasury under s. 1(1) now exercisable by Minister for the Civil Service: S.I. 1968/1656
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1	S. 1: power exercised by S.I.1991/911 S. 1: for previous exercises of power see Index to Government Orders

Extension of 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 30.

The M1 Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914, shall extend to pensions, grants, and other allowances in respect of disablement by sickness specifically attributable to the nature and conditions of the employment in like manner as it applies to pensions, grants, and other allowances in respect of injuries.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1	1914 c. 30.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Injuries in War Compensation Act, 1914 (Session 2).

Version no	Start date	End date	Extent	Confers power	Blanket amendment
> 1	01/02/1991		E+W+S+N.I.	N	N

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