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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/434",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) 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.\nParagraph 1 of Schedule 1 increases the amount of a widow’s or widower’s pension payable under article 29 of the principal Order.\nParagraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 substitute 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.\nParagraph 4 of Schedule 1 amends Schedule 4 to the principal Order by substituting a new definition of “student” into the glossary of expressions.\nParagraph 5 of Schedule 1 amends Schedule 7 to the principal Order by substituting a new table, thereby varying the amounts to be deducted under Article 56. Unemployability allowance will be subject to deduction under article 56 on or after 1st October 2003 after a period of 13 weeks hospitalisation rather than 8 weeks.\nThis Order does not impose any costs on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/434/note",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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