Greenwich Hospital Act 1883

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Greenwich Hospital Act, 1883

(46 & 47 Vict.) CHAPTER 32.

An Act to make further provision respecting the application of the Revenues of Greenwich Hospital, and for other purposes.

[20th August 1883]

B E 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, as follows:

S-1 Short title and construction of Act.

1 Short title and construction of Act.

1. This Act may be cited as theGreenwich Hospital Act, 1883, and this Act and the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1872, shall be read and have effect together as one Act, and may be cited together as the Greenwich Hospital Acts, 1865 to 1883.

Powers for grant of Pensions, &c. out of Greenwich Hospital Funds.

Powers for grant of Pensions, &c. out of Greenwich Hospital Funds.

S-2 Power to grant pensions, allowances, and gratuities.

2 Power to grant pensions, allowances, and gratuities.

2. The Admiralty may out of the funds of Greenwich Hospital front time to time grant pensions to widows and allowances to children of—

a .) Non-commissioned officers and petty officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines killed or drowned in the service of the Crown, or on lifeboat service; and of
b .) Men of the Royal Naval Volunteers killed or drowned in the service of the Crown; and of
c .) Men killed or drowned in the service of the Crown while serving in the Seamen Pensioners' Reserve; and of
d .) Men of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer Force killed or drowned in the service of the Crown

The Admiralty may out of the said funds from time to time grant gratuities to parents or other relatives dependent on any such non-commissioned officer, petty officer, or man, as aforesaid, killed, drowned, or deceased as aforesaid, so, however, that the total expenditure in such gratuities shall not exceed in any one year the sum of five hundred pounds.

The Admiralty may, if they see fit, by regulations made as herein-after mentioned, extend the powers and provisions of this section to cases where such non-commissioned officers, petty officers, or men as aforesaid, die from the effects of any injury or disease caused by extraordinary exposure or exertion in the service of the Crown.

No person shall be eligible to receive any benefit under this section on account of the decease of any such non-commissioned officer, petty officer, or man as aforesaid, which took place before the fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

S-3 Power to provide for education and maintenance of sons of seamen, &c.

3 Power to provide for education and maintenance of sons of seamen, &c.

3. The Admiralty may out of the...

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