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INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION ACT 1914

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION ACT 1914 (SESSION 2) - LONG TITLE

An Act to provide for the grant of Pensions and other Allowances
to certain persons if disabled whilst employed abroad in connection
with warlike operations, and to their dependants, and to amend the
Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914.{1}
[27th November 1914]
Pension schemes for persons disabled abroad in connection with
warlike operations.

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION ACT 1914 (SESSION 2) - SECT 1

1.(1) The [Defence Council], subject to the consent of the Treasury,
shall have power to frame schemes as to pensions and grants and
other allowances in the nature thereof to be paid to persons (not
being officers or men of any of His Majesty's forces) in respect
of disablement suffered whilst employed on shore out of the United
Kingdom by or under the [Secretary of State for Defence] in
connection with warlike operations in which His Majesty is engaged,
and, in the case of their death, to their widows or other
dependants.

(2) A scheme shall specify the persons to whom the scheme applies
and the conditions under which it becomes applicable, and may
include persons not in the direct employment of the [Secretary of
State for Defence].

(3) A person to whom any such scheme applies shall not, nor, in
the case of his death, shall his widow or other dependants or his
personal representatives, in respect of any disablement suffered by
him whilst the scheme so applies to him, be entitled to any
pensions or other benefits under any Order in Council or any
warrant or regulations relating to officers and men in the [naval,
military or air force] service of the Crown, or to any gratuity or
any superannuation or other allowance under the Superannuation Acts,
1834 to 1914, or to any compensation or damages at common law or
under any other statute, except so far as the scheme otherwise
provides.

(4) All pensions, grants, and other allowances under this Act shall
be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(5) A scheme under this Act may provide that the scheme shall have
effect as from the third day of August nineteen hundred and
fourteen, and any such scheme may be revoked or varied by a
subsequent scheme.

(6) For the purposes of this section, "disablement" means disablement
by personal injury or by sickness specifically attributable to the
nature or conditions of the employment.

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION ACT 1914 (SESSION 2) - SECT 2
Extension of 1914 c.30

2. The Injuries in War (Compensation) Act, 1914, shall extend to
pensions, grants, and other allowances in respect of disablement by
sickness specifically attributable to the nature and conditions of
the employment in like manner as it applies to pensions, grants,
and other allowances in respect of injuries.

INJURIES IN WAR COMPENSATION ACT 1914 (SESSION 2) - SECT 3
Short title.

3. This Act may be cited as the Injuries in War Compensation Act,
1914 (Session2).