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PENSIONS AND YEOMANRY PAY ACT 1884

PENSIONS AND YEOMANRY PAY ACT 1884 - LONG TITLE

An Act to make further provision with regard to the Pensions of
Soldiers, . . .{1} and for other purposes.{2}
[14th August 1884]
Short title.

PENSIONS AND YEOMANRY PAY ACT 1884 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited as the Pensions and Yeomanry Pay Act,
1884.

PENSIONS AND YEOMANRY PAY ACT 1884 - SECT 2
Royal order as to soldiers' pensions.

2.(1) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time to
make, and when made to revoke and vary, orders relating to pensions
of soldiers,... including the commutation of pensions, the restoration
of forfeited pensions, and the award and payment of... pensions....

(2) Every order so made shall forthwith after it is made be laid
before both Houses of Parliament, and shall notwithstanding anything
in any other Act have effect as if enacted in this Act; and if
any question of doubt arises as to the construction of any Act or
royal order relating to such pensions recourse shall be had to the
advice of a Secretary of State, whose decision thereon shall be
binding.

(3) A Secretary of State may from time to time make such
regulations as appear to him to be required for the purpose of
carrying into effect any order made in pursuance of this section.

Subs.(4) rep. by SLR 1950

Distribution of money not exceeding one hundred pounds without
requiring probate.

PENSIONS AND YEOMANRY PAY ACT 1884 - SECT 4

4. Where a person who is serving or has served as an officer,
soldier, or otherwise, in or with any of Her Majesty's military
forces, or who has received remuneration out of money provided by
Parliament for army services, or who is the widow [widower] or
relative of any such person, dies, and any part of the personal
estate of such deceased person not exceeding in value [#1,500]
(whether arising from pay, pension, allowances, surplus property,
prize money, or otherwise howsoever), is held by or under the
control of a Secretary of State, then if any general or special
regulations of a Secretary of State so provide, and subject to such
regulations, probate, or other proof of the title of the personal
representative of such deceased person may be dispensed with, and
such personal estate may be paid, delivered, or distributed to or
among the persons appearing in manner provided by the said
regulations to be beneficially entitled to the personal estate of
such deceased person, or to or among any one or more of such
persons, or, in case of any illegitimacy of the deceased person or
his children, to or among such person or persons as may be
directed by the said regulations, and the Secretary of State and
person making such payment, delivery, or distribution, shall be
discharged from all liability in respect of the personal estate
paid, delivered, or distributed in accordance with the said
regulations.

PENSIONS AND YEOMANRY PAY ACT 1884 - SECT 5
Exemption from stamp duty.

5. Every ... document used in pursuance of any warrant, order, or
regulation of Her Majesty or a Secretary of State, whether made in
pursuance of this Act or otherwise, in relation to the payment of
any pension in respect of military service, including service in any
of the auxiliary forces, shall, unless otherwise provided by such
warrant, order, or regulation, or by the regulations, general or
special, of a Secretary of State, be exempt from stamp duty.

S.6 rep. by SLR 1898; 1921 c.37 s.4(1) sch.2; SL(R) 1976

PENSIONS AND YEOMANRY PAY ACT 1884 - SECT 7
Definitions.

7. In this Act

The expression "pension" includes any allowance in the nature of a
pension; and

The expression "soldier" includes a discharged soldier.

Ss. 8, 9 and Schedule rep. by SLR 1898