# The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964, Schedule 6


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:—
(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;
(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;
TABLE
Words and phrases in Naval Order
Substitution for application to members of the Merchant Navy
(1)
(2)
Member of the naval forces
Member of the Merchant Navy.
Officer
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, subordinate or warrant officer of the Royal Navy.
Rank
Equivalent naval rank or status as provided in this Scheme.
Commencement of service
Material date.
Termination of her service (in Article 12(4))
Material date.
Due to service
Directly attributable to a qualifying injury sustained or detention suffered by reason of service as a mariner in a British ship.
Material date
Material date as defined in this Scheme.
Injury (in Article 6)
Qualifying injury or detention.
Due to more than one injury (in Article 9(2)(b)).
Directly attributable, not to a single qualifying injury or period of detention, but to two or more such causes.
Injuries (in Article 9(2)(b))
Causes of the disablement.
Payment made during the member's life-time in respect of his service as a member (in Article 26).
Allotment or similar payment made by the member in his lifetime.
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1964/2058/schedule/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/schedule-6
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