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The Naval Medical Compassionate Fund (Amendment) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/994 · Made 16 April 1991

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DEFENCE

Made 16th April 1991

Coming into force 8th May 1991

At the Court at Windsor Castle the 16th day of April 1991 Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, in pursuanceof section 1 of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund Act 1915f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her PrivyCouncil, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1915 c. 28; section 1(1)(c) was amended by S.I. 1964/488.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  3. 3Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  4. 4Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  5. 5Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  6. 6Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  7. 7Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  8. 8Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  9. 9Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  10. 10Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations
  11. Signature
  12. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund(Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 8th May 1991.

2Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

The Order in Council dated 28th July 1915f1, whereby Standing Orders and Regulations for theconstitution and government of the Naval Medical Compassionate Fund wereapproved, shall be further amended as follows.

3Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

In article 1—

(a)

for the words“six Directors” there shall be substituted“two Directors (elected in accordance with article 4)”; and

(b)

the words“or of the Directors mentioned in Article 3 hereof” shall be omitted.

4Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

Article 3 shall be omitted.

5Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

For article 4 there shall be substituted the followingarticle—

“4

The Members of the Fund shall annually elect from among theirnumbers two Directors at a meeting to be held for that purpose. The timeand place of the meeting shall be fixed by the Court of Directors andannounced in such manner as it shall think fit.”

6Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

In article 5, for the word“clause”, there shall be substituted“article”.

7Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

In article 6—

(a)

for the words“in the months of January, April, July and October” there shall be substituted“twice in that year on such dates as the Court of Directors shalldetermine”;

(b)

for the words“31st October” there shall be substituted“31st December”; and

(c)

for the word“Clause”, there shall be substituted“article”.

8Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

Article 10 shall be omitted.

9Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

In article 11—

(a)

for the words“The Honorary Secretary shall” there shall be substituted“The Honorary Treasurer and the Honorary Secretary shall each”;

(b)

for the words“shall be reimbursed” there shall be substituted“shall each be reimbursed”; and

(c)

for the words“him in performing the duties of his office” there shall be substituted“each of them respectively in performing the duties of theirrespective offices”.

10Amendments to Standing Orders and Regulations

In article 12, the words“continue to”,“as at present” and“at the January meeting in” shall each be omitted.

Signature

G I de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note does not form part of the Order)

This Order amends the Standing Orders and Regulations of the NavalMedical Compassionate Fund. It provides for—

(a)

the omission of obsolete or spent provisions;

(b)

a reduction in the number of Directors (article 3);

(c)

the election of Directors (article 5);

(d)

minor amendments to the distribution of monies (article 7);

(e)

minor amendments to the appointment and reimbursement of theHonorary Treasurer (article 9); and

(f)

minor amendments to the production of a Balance Sheet (article 10).