Greenwich Hospital Act 1947

1 Removal of restrictions on amount of special Greenwich Hospital pensions and of expenditure on education and maintenance of children.

(1) The following provisions of the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1942, that is to say—

(a) so much of section five of the [32 & 33 Vict. c. 44.] Greenwich Hospital Act, 1869, as limits the amount of the special Greenwich Hospital pensions which may be appointed to non-commissioned officers and men admitted to the benefits of Greenwich Hospital in lieu of maintenance ;

(b) so much of section four of the [35 & 36 Vict. c. 67.] Greenwich Hospital Act, 1872, as limits the number of daughters of warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who at any one time may be educated and maintained under that section; and

(c) so much of section five of the said Act of 1872 as limits the amount that may be expended under the said section five on the education and maintenance of any son or daughter of a deceased or distressed commissioned officer of the Royal Navy or Royal Marines,

shall cease to have effect.

(2) In accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of the "foregoing subsection, section six of the [10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 36.] Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920 and paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section seven of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1944 (which provide for disregarding certain increases of pensions in determining the amount of, or eligibility for, such special Greenwich Hospital pensions as aforesaid) are hereby repealed.

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

(1) The power of the Admiralty, under section two of the 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.

3 Short title, citation and repeals.

(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.

(2) The enactments set out in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.