{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1964/2058",
  "legislation_title": "The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Power to award lump sum payments",
  "text": "Where, in the case of any person to whom a pension or allowance may be or has been awarded under this Scheme or under the Naval Order as applied by this Scheme, the Minister is satisfied that the payment of a lump sum in lieu of that pension or allowance is justified by the circumstances of the case, the Minister may award to that person such a lump sum as aforesaid, and any reference in this Scheme or in the Naval Order as applied by this Scheme to a gratuity shall be construed as including a reference to a lump sum awarded under this Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1964/2058/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T00:01:16.459253+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}