SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26Amendment of certain enactments relating to the armed forces

Naval and Military War Pensions, &c., (Administrative Expenses) Act 1917 (c. 14)

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1

In section 5 (alteration of purposes for which voluntary funds may be applied in certain cases)—

a

after “wives,” (in each place) insert “ civil partners, ”, and

b

after “widows,” (in each place) insert “ surviving civil partners, ”.

2

In section 6 (power of Secretary of State to accept and administer gifts for assisting disabled officers and men), after “widows,” insert “ surviving civil partners, ”.