Greenwich Hospital Act 1947 (repealed)

Greenwich Hospital Act 1947

1947 CHAPTER 5 10 and 11 Geo 6

An Act to repeal certain restrictions on the amount of special Greenwich Hospital pensions and of expenditure out of Greenwich Hospital Funds for the education and maintenance of children, and to make further provision for the granting out of those Funds of widows’ pensions, children’s allowances and gratuities to dependants.

[18th February 1947]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 c. 5 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2)

2 Extension of power to grant pensions, etc., under 46 & 47 Vict. c. 32, s. 2. U.K.

(1) The power of the Admiralty, under section two of the M1 Greenwich Hospital Act, 1883, to grant pensions to widows, allowances to children, and gratuities to dependants of certain non-commissioned and petty officers and men dying in the service of the Crown shall include power to grant such pensions, allowances and gratuities in the case of any person deceased, whether before or after the passing of this Act, while serving, or having served, as a non-commissioned officer, petty officer or man of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines or of any naval reserve force, so however that pensions, allowances and gratuities shall not be granted by virtue of this section except in accordance with regulations of the Admiralty made under section four of the said Act of 1883.

(2) In accordance with the last foregoing subsection, section two of the said Act of 1883 shall be amended so as to have effect as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Functions of Admiralty under this Act now exercisable by a Secretary of State: Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), s. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1883 c. 32.

3 †Short title, citation and repeals. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1947, and the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1942 and this Act may be cited together as the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1947.

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Textual Amendments

F2 S. 3(2), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate

Section 2.

FIRST SCHEDULE U.K. Section 2 of 46 & 47 Vict. c. 32 as amended by section 2 of this Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 The text of Sch. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

(2) (1) The Admiralty may out of the funds of Greenwich Hospital from time to time grant pensions to widows and allowances to children of any person deceased, whether before or after the passing of the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1947, while serving, or having served, as a non-commissioned officer, petty officer or man of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines or of any naval reserve force. U.K.

(2) The Admiralty may out of the said funds from time to time grant gratuities to parents or other relatives dependent on any such person deceased, as aforesaid, so however that the total expenditure in such gratuities shall not exceed in any one year the sum of five hundred pounds.

(3) Pensions, allowances and gratuities shall not be granted by virtue of this section except in accordance with regulations of the Admiralty made under section four of this Act, so however that nothing in this subsection shall affect any pension, allowance or, gratuity granted before the passing of the Greenwich Hospital Act, I947.

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 3(2), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)