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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 8, 1939.
Transfer of powers and duties as respects naval,
military
and air force pensions.
Amendment
as to care
of children.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 57.
1.-(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council transfer to the Minister of Pensions (in this Act referred to as "the Minister") all or any of the powers and duties of any appro- priate authority with respect to pensions and grants payable out of moneys provided by Parliament, on account of disable- ment or death arising out of service after such date (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) as may be specified in the Order, to the following persons, namely
(a) persons who have served as officers or men of any of His Majesty's naval, military or air forces;
(b) persons who have been employed in the nursing service or other auxiliary service of any of His Majesty's said forces;
(c) dependants of such persons as aforesaid.
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(2) In the preceding sub-section the expression priate authority means, in relation to any of His Majesty's naval forces, the Admiralty, in relation to any of His Majesty's military forces, the Army Council, the Secretary of State and the Commissioners of the Royal Hospital for soldiers at Chelsea and, in relation to any of His Majesty's Air Forces, the Air Council and the Secretary of State.
(3) His Majesty may by Order in Council re-transfer all or any of the powers and duties transferred to the Minister pursuant to this section to the authority from which they were so transferred.
(4) A transfer or re-transfer pursuant to this section shall take effect on such date as His Majesty may by Order in Council fix, and different dates may be fixed for different powers and duties.
(5) An Order in Council under this section may make such adaptations in the enactments relating to any powers and duties transferred to the Minister pursuant to this section as may be necessary or expedient for enabling those powers and duties to be exercised or performed by the Minister and his officers, and may contain such supplementary and con- sequential provisions as may be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the purposes of the Order.
2. The children for the care of whom it shall be the duty of the Minister to make provision after the commence- ment of this Act under section nine of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918, as amended by any subsequent enactment, shall be children-
(a) to or in respect of whom a pension or grant has been awarded by the Minister on account of the death of a parent under any powers or duties transferred to him pursuant to the last preceding section; and
(b) who, by reason of their mother being dead or for any other reason, are suffering from neglect or want of proper
care;
and no other children, except children for whose care pro- vision is being made under that section at the commencement of this Act.