Article 17 Application of the Naval Order

Where the disablement or death of a member of the Merchant Navy is directly attributable to a qualifying injury sustained or detention suffered by reason of his service as a mariner in a British ship, the Naval Order shall apply to his case in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.

For the purposes of their application to the case of a member of the Merchant Navy, the provisions of the Naval Order, in so far as they concern pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service after 2nd September 1939, shall have effect subject to the modifications and additions contained in this Scheme and in Schedule 6 to this Scheme.