An Act to extend the powers of the Admiralty under section twenty of the Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865, with respect to the grant and allocation of pensions and pecuniary benefits in the case of persons employed for the purposes of Greenwich Hospital and otherwise to amend the said section; to provide, on the death of any such persons, for the distribution without probate or other proof of title of sums not exceeding one hundred pounds due to those persons or to their legal personal representatives; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[22nd October 1942]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power to amend Act given by Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965 (c. 32), s. 6
C2Functions of Admiralty under this Act now exercisable by a Secretary of State: Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), s. 1(2)
C3Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3