Explanatory note

This Order further amends the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 (“the principal Order”) which makes provision for pensions and other awards in respect of disablement or death due to service in the naval, military and air forces during the 1914 World War and after 2nd September 1939.

Article 2 of this Order raises the maximum amount of annual earnings which may be received by a disabled person while he is deemed to be unemployable for the purposes of unemployability allowances under article 18 of the principal Order.

Article 3 increases the amount of a widow’s pension payable under article 29 of the principal Order. ]

Article 4 makes an amendment to article 42 of the principal Order which is consequential on section 168 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), which provides for the restoration of a war widow’s pension on the termination of a subsequent marriage or judicial separation of the parties to such a marriage.

Article 5 substitutes tables in Schedules 1 and 2 to the principal Order, thereby varying the rates of retired pay, pensions, gratuities and allowances in respect of disablement or death due to service in the armed forces.

This Order does not impose any costs on business.