{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-act-1921/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-act-1921/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/11-12/49",
  "legislation_title": "War Pensions Act 1921",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-act-1921",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Limit of time for making claims to pensions in respect of disablement.",
  "text": "The power of the Minister under any Warrant, Order in Council or Order to grant a pension to any person in respect of disablement shall not be exercised unless the claim in respect of the disablement is made within seven years after the date on which the claimant was discharged or the date fixed under the Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act, 1918, as the date of the termination of the present war, whichever date is the earlier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1918 c. 59."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "War of 1914-1918 terminated on 31st August 1921: S.R. & O. 1921/1276 (Rev. XVII, p. 364: 1921, p. 1348)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/11-12/49/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:51:11.819801+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}