Article 2 Dates awards of war pension taken to have had effectI1
United Kingdom
Subject to article 4 of this Order, the date from which any award made before 30th August 1982 under or by application of the provisions of the instruments specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, or instruments considered by the Secretary of State to be analogous thereto, in respect of a claim for war pension now administered by the Secretary of State for Social Services is to be taken to have had effect in a case where—
at the time when the award was made there was no provision in force for determining that date; or
the award was made following—
an appeal to the High Court, Court of Session or Court of Appeal; or
the rehearing of any appeal;
and the date from which payment under the award was first made was later than the date from which payment was, by virtue of any provision in force at the time when the award was made, required to be first made,
shall be the date specified in relation to the appropriate class of case referred to in article 3 of this Order.