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Chelsea Pensions (Abolition of Poundage) Act 1847

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Anno Regni VICTORI, Britanniarum Regin,Decimo & Undecimo. An Act for abolishing Poundage onChelsea Pensions.

(10 & 11 Vict.) C A P. IV.

[23d February 1847]

'WHEREAS it is expedient that no Deduction should henceforth be made from the Pensions of the Out-Pensioners ofChelsea Hospital on account of Poundage:' Be it enacted by the Queen'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 same, That so much of an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty KingGeorge the Second, intituled An Act for the Relief of the Out-Pensioners of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, as is now in force, and also so much of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act to make further Provisions with respect to the Payment of Pensions granted for Service in the Royal Artillery, Engineers, and other Military Corps under the Control of the Master General and Board of Ordnance, and with respect to Deductions hereafter to be made from Pensions granted by the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital , as authorizes the Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital to make any Deduction from Pensionsgranted or to be granted by the Commissioners ofChelsea Hospital, shall be repealed; and that all Out-Pensions of Chelsea Hospital due from and after the First Day of April next shall be paid free from any Charge or Deduction whatever on account of Poundage, and all such Out-Pensions shall continue to be paid in advance, either quarterly, monthly, or weekly, as the Secretary at War for the Time being shall consider most expedient for the Interest of the said Pensioners and the Advantage of the Public: Providedalways, that nothing in this or any former Act contained shall be deemed to give any Claim whatever to any Person on account of Poundage deducted from any Pension before the passing of this Act, or to the...

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