{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/schedule-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/schedule-6.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": "schedule/6",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The provisions of the Naval Order shall be modified for the purposes of their application to members of the Merchant Navy in the following respects:—\n(i) Articles 1(17), 1(18), 1(19), 1(21), 1(24), 1(28), 1(32), 1(35), 4, 5, 7, 8(2), 8(3), 28, 70 and 71, Part V, Schedule 5 and Schedule 9 shall be deleted;\n(ii) for the words and phrases set out in column (1) of the following Table there shall be substituted the words and phrases set out in column (2) of that Table;\nTABLE\nWords and phrases in Naval Order\nSubstitution for application to members of the Merchant Navy\n(1)\n(2)\nMember of the naval forces\nMember of the Merchant Navy.\nOfficer\nMember of the Merchant Navy who is to be treated for the purposes of this Scheme as holding an equivalent naval rank or status which is that of a commissioned, subordinate or warrant officer of the Royal Navy.\nRank\nEquivalent naval rank or status as provided in this Scheme.\nCommencement of service\nMaterial date.\nTermination of her service (in Article 12(4))\nMaterial date.\nDue to service\nDirectly attributable to a qualifying injury sustained or detention suffered by reason of service as a mariner in a British ship.\nMaterial date\nMaterial date as defined in this Scheme.\nInjury (in Article 6)\nQualifying injury or detention.\nDue to more than one injury (in Article 9(2)(b)).\nDirectly attributable, not to a single qualifying injury or period of detention, but to two or more such causes.\nInjuries (in Article 9(2)(b))\nCauses of the disablement.\nPayment made during the member's life-time in respect of his service as a member (in Article 26).\nAllotment or similar payment made by the member in his lifetime.\n(iii) any reference to a commissioned officer, warrant officer, rating or other rank shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Merchant Navy who is to be treated for the purposes of this Scheme as holding an equivalent naval rank or status which is that of a commissioned officer, warrant officer or rating, as the case may be, any reference to a specific rank or rating shall be construed as a reference to a member of the Merchant Navy who is to be treated for the purposes of this Scheme as holding an equivalent naval rank or status which is that of that rank or rating, and any reference to retired pay shall be construed as a reference to pension;\n(iv) the references in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the proviso to Article 9(2) to the date of the termination of service shall be construed as references to the date of the qualifying injury or of the termination of the detention, as the case may be.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1964/2058/schedule/6",
    "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."
}