Army (Artillery, etc.) Pensions Act 1833
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1833 c. 29 |
| Year | 1833 |
(3 & 4 Will. 4) C A P. XXIX.
[24th July 1833]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that the Pensions, Allowance, and Relief payable to Soldiers and others disabled, invalid, or discharged from the Royal Artillery, Engineers, and other Military Corps, which have hitherto been granted and paid by or under the Authority of the Board of Ordnance, should hereafter be granted and paid by and under the Authority of the Lords and others Commissioners of the Royal Hospital for Soldiers atChelsea in the County of Middlesex , under the like Rules, Provisions, and Regulations as Pensions, Allowances, and Relief granted to other disabled, invalid, and discharged Soldiers;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the game, That from and after the passing of this Act the whole of the said Pensions, Allowances, and Relief payable to Soldiers and others discharged from the Royal Artillery, Engineers, and other Military Corps which have been heretofore granted and paid by the said Master General and Board of Ordnance, shall be granted and paid by and be under the Power, Management, Controul, Direction, and Authority of the said Commissioners ofChelsea Hospital.
II Regulations relating to Army Pensions to be applicable to Pensions granted under this Act.
II. And be it further enacted, That all the Clauses, Rules, Regulations, Powers, Pains, Forfeitures, Matters, and Things contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force relating to Pensions granted or to be granted to disabled, invalid, or discharged Soldiers, shall be applicable and applied and put in force for the Purposes of this Act, with respect to all subsisting Pensions already granted by the Board of Ordnance on account of the Services herein-before mentioned, and to all Pensions, Relief, and Allowances hereafter to be granted and payable to Soldiers and others on account...
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