The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/434
• Sections: 31

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 7th April 2003.

(2) In this Order “the principal Order ” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 and, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered article, Part, Table or Schedule is to the article, Part, Table or Schedule in the principal Order which bears that number.

Section 2 Amendments to the principal Order and application

The amendments to the principal Order contained in Schedule 1 to this Order shall have effect.

Section 1 Amendment of article 29

In paragraph (1A) of article 29 (pensions to widows and widowers) for the amount “£59.95” substitute the amount “£60.97”.

Section 2 Amendment of Schedule 1

In Schedule 1 (rates of retired pay, pensions, gratuities and allowances in respect of disablement due to service in the armed forces)—

(a) for the Table in Part II substitute the Table set out in Schedule 2 to this Order;

(b) for Tables 1 and 2 in Part III substitute the Tables set out in Schedules 3 and 4 respectively to this Order; and

(c) for Part IV substitute the Part set out in Schedule 5 to this Order.

Section 3 Amendment of Schedule 2

In Schedule 2 (rates of provisions and allowances in respect of death due to service in the armed forces)—

(a) for Tables 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part II substitute the Tables set out in Schedule 6 to this Order; and

(b) for Part III substitute the Part set out in Schedule 7 to this Order.

Section 4 Amendment of Schedule 4

In Part II of Schedule 4 (glossary of expressions) for item 50 (definition of “student”) substitute:

a person who is receiving full-time instruction at a university, college, secondary school or technical school, or at any other establishment which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is a comparable educational establishment, and for the purposes of this Order a person may continue to be a student for such period (being a period not exceeding 13 weeks) after he ceases to receive full-time instruction as aforesaid and before he attains the age of 19 as the Secretary of State may in any particular case determine

Section 5 Amendment of Schedule 7

In Schedule 7 (deductions for the purposes of article 56) substitute the Table set out in Schedule 8 to this Order.

Section 1

WEEKLY RATES OF PENSIONS FOR DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN GROUPS 10–15 OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE

Section 2

YEARLY RATES OF RETIRED PAY AND PENSIONS FOR DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN GROUPS 1–9 OF PART I OF THIS SCHEDULE

Section 1

Education allowance under article 13

Section 2

Constant attendance allowance under Article 14—

(A) For decisions made before 9th April 2001

Section 3

Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15

Section 4

Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16

Section 5

Allowance for wear and tear of clothing under article 17(1)

Section 6

Unemployability allowances—

Section 7

Invalidity allowance under article 19

(a) if—

Section 8

Comforts Allowance

Section 9

Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21

Section 10

Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is—

Section 11

For decisions made before 9th April 2001

Section 12

Part-time treatment allowance under article 25

Section 13

Mobility supplement under article 26A

Section 1

Pension under article 30 to unmarried dependant who lived as a spouse

Section 2

Rent allowance under article 31

Section 3

Allowance under article 32 to elderly widow or widower or unmarried dependant who lived as a spouse—

Section 4

Allowances in respect of children—

(a) where the decision is made before 9th April 2001, under article 35(1) and, where the decision is made on or after that date, under article 35(2)(a)

Section 5

Pension under article 36 where the decision is made before 9th April 2001, to a motherless or fatherless child under the age limit and, where the decision is made on or after that date, to a child of a member with no parents living—

Section 6

Pension or allowance under article 37(3) where the decision is made before 9th April 2001, and under article 37(2) where the decision is made on or after that date, to or in respect of a child who has attained the child’s age limit

Section 7

Education allowance under article 38

Section 8

Pensions to parents—

Section 9

Pension to other dependants—