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The Home Guard (Amendment) Order 1989

S.I. 1989/1335 · Made 2 August 1989

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PENSIONS

Made 2nd August 1989

Laid before Parliament 10th August 1989

Coming into force 1st September 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of August 1989

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

WHEREAS Her Majesty deems it expedient to amend the Royal Warrant of 21st December 1964f1, as amendedf2, and the Order of Her Majesty of 22nd December 1964f3, as amendedf4, concerning pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the Home Guardf5 and to do so by Order in Council in accordance with section 12(1) and (3) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977f6:

NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 12(1) and (3) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Cmnd. 2563.

f2

Cmnd. 5118, not relevant to this Order.

f3

Cmnd. 2564.

f4

Cmnd. 5119, not relevant to this Order.

f5

Members of the Home Guard are Members of the Armed Forces of the Crown—see section 1(2) of the Home Guard Act 1951 (c. 8).

f6

1977 c. 5.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Public funds to include reference to community charge
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Home Guard (Amendment) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.

2Public funds to include reference to community charge

(1)

The Warrant of 21st December 1964f1, concerning pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the Home Guard, shall be amended by the inclusion in article 1(6) after the words “general or local rate” of the words “moneys provided under the Abolition of Domestic Rates etc. (Scotland) Act 1987f2”.

(2)

The Order of 22nd December 1964f3 concerning pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the Home Guard after 27th April 1952 shall be amended by the inclusion in article 1(6) after the words “general or local rate” of the words “moneys provided under the Abolition of Domestic Rates etc. (Scotland) Act 1987”f4

Signature

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes amendments to previous instruments relating to the payment of pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the Home Guard. The amendments are consequential upon the abolition in Scotland of domestic rates and their replacement by the community charge.