1 Extension of powers to grant pensions to persons employed for the purposes of Greenwich Hospital.U.K.
(1)The powers conferred on the Admiralty by section twenty of the M1Greenwich Hospital Act, 1865, as extended by section eight of the M2Greenwich Hospital Act, 1872, shall extend and be deemed to have extended so as to include power—
(a)to grant from the funds of Greenwich Hospital such pensions or pecuniary benefits as the Admiralty think fit to persons employed for the purposes of Greenwich Hospital, or to their legal personal representatives, [F1widows, surviving civil partners] or dependants; and
(b)to contribute towards the payment by any other authority or person of pensions or pecuniary benefits to persons who have been employed as aforesaid, or to their legal personal representatives, [F2widows, surviving civil partners] or dependants.
(2)The said powers shall, in the case of persons who retire after the passing of this Act from such employment as aforesaid, also extend so as to include power to permit the allocation, to such extent and subject to such conditions as the Admiralty may prescribe, to the [F3spouses, civil partners] and dependants of any such persons of pensions granted to them from the funds of Greenwich Hospital.
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(4)The powers conferred by this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any existing power exercisable by the Admiralty under the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1921.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1)(a) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(a), Sch. 26 para. 14(1); S.I. 2005/3175, Sch. 1
F2Words in s. 1(1)(b) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(a), Sch. 26 para. 14(1); S.I. 2005/3175, Sch. 1
F3Words in s. 1(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(a), Sch. 26 para. 14(2); S.I. 2005/3175, Sch. 1
F4S. 1(3) repealed (21.7.2008) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of S. 1(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any repeals or amendments which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
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