Section 55 Admission to Greenwich Hospital.

(1)

Every man of the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Fleet Reserve and the Royal Marines Reserve, under such regulations as may be made by the secretary of State, shall be—

(a)

eligible for admission to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich; and

(b)

thereupon entitled to the same privileges and advantages as those who are or have been in Her Majesty’s navy.

(2)

The Greenwich Hospital Acts 1865 to 1967 have effect as if references in those Acts to any naval reserve force included references to the Royal Marines Reserve.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act (except ss. 48, 55, 130 to 138, 140, 151, 156, 157 and 158) repealed (1.4.1997 except so far as relating to certain provisions as to which the repeal is prosp.) by 1996 c. 14, ss. 131(2), 132(4), Sch. 11 (with s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2