War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1919 c. 53 |
War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1919
(9 & 10 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 53.
An Act to make further provision for the administration of the enactments relating to Naval, Military and Air Force War Pensions, Grants and Allowances, and for certain other purposes connected with such Pensions, Grants and Allowances.
[19th August 1919]
Be it 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 same, as follows:
1 Administration of pensions, &c. under Injuries in War \(Compensation) Acts.
(1) Where a scheme named under the Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914, as amended by the Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914 (Session 2), is to be administered by the Minister of Pensions—
(a ) the provisions of the War Pensions Acts, 1915 to 1918 , and any amendments thereof, except provisions relating to separation allowances, shall apply to and in respect of the officers and men specified in such scheme as they apply to and in respect of officers and men in the naval service of His Majesty; and
(b ) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the said Injuries in War (Compensation) Acts, such scheme may be so framed as to provide that pensions, grants and other allowances in the nature thereof may be granted in the like circumstances and on the like terms and conditions as are set forth in the regulations annexed to any Order in Council relating to pensions under section three of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865 , and administered by the Minister of Pensions.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have had effect as from the first day of May nineteen hundred and eighteen.
2 Information from employers.
2. The power of the Minister of Pensions under section fourteen of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918, to require information from employers and others for the purpose of ascertaining the pre-war earnings of a disabled person, shall be extended so as to include power to require information for the purpose of ascertaining the earning capacity of any such person and for ascertaining the pre-war earnings of a deceased person, and it shall be the duty of employers, and of any other person having knowledge thereof, to furnish any such information, and that section shall have effect accordingly.
3 Extension of power to pay pensions in advance.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in any Act, Order in Council, Royal Warrant, or other order to the contrary, any pension administered by or under the authority of the Minister of Pensions, the Army Council, or the Air Council may, in special circumstances, be issued in advance for such period not exceeding six months, and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by rules made by the Minister of Pensions, the Army Council, or the Air Council, as the case may be, with the approval of the Treasury.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect any other right of issuing pensions in advance.
4 Further provision as to audit of accounts of committees.
4. Regulations made by the Minister under paragraph (f ) of subsection (1) of section five of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918, may apply, with the necessary modifications, any of the provisions of the Third Schedule to the National Health Insurance Act, 1918(which relates to the accounts of Insurance Committees and the audit of such accounts).
5 Provision in case of transference of powers as to training, &c.
5. In the event of any functions of the Minister of Pensions in relation to provision for the care of disabled officers and men after they have left the service, or for their health, training, or employment, being transferred by Order in Council, under any statutory powers, to any other Government department, the functions of local committees in relation to the matters transferred shall, except to such extent (if any) as may be arranged between the Ministry of Pensions and the Department to which the functions are transferred, cease and determine.
6 Application of 8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 57. s. 13, to Ireland.
6. In the application to Ireland of section thirteen of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918 (which relates to the power of taking possession of land), the Commissioners...
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