Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967

1 Gratuities and allowances to civil servants and others injured abroad in civil disturbances etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the [1965 c. 74.] Superannuation Act 1965 shall have effect as if in section 18(1) (which provides for the grant of gratuities or allowances where civil servants and others suffer injury or disease in certain circumstances) after paragraph (a) (which deals with injuries suffered in the actual discharge of duty where the injury is specifically attributable to the nature of the duty) there were inserted the following paragraph:—

“(aa) is injured while in an area outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of his employment, and the injury is directly attributable to the existence in or near that area of a state of war, revolution, or serious and widespread internal disturbance, or is the direct result of deliberate acts of the local population or of sporadic political disturbances, and is not wholly or mainly due to, or seriously aggravated by, his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct; or”.

(2) No warrant of the Treasury under the said section 18 shall permit the award of a gratuity or allowance by virtue of subsection (1) of this section—

(a) if the injury was suffered before 14th July 1949; or

(b) except where, in the opinion of the Treasury, there are special circumstances which justify the making of the award, if the person injured was not recruited in the United Kingdom.