1923 06 01
And whereas in the Regulations for the retirement of Officers of Your Majesty's Naval or Marine Force, which have been established by Order in Council from time to time, provision is made for the grant of retired pay at certain rates to Sub-Lieutenants and Paymaster Sub-Lieutenants of Your Majesty's Navy and Lieutenants with less than four years' commissioned service and Second Lieutenants of the Royal Marines if invalided from Your Majesty's Service under certain conditions:

And whereas we consider it desirable that the retiring allowances payable to Officers of these ranks if invalided and the conditions under which such allowances may be granted should be revised, and that corresponding provision should be made for Acting Sub-Lieutenants, Midshipmen, Acting-Paymaster Sub-Lieutenants and Paymaster Midshipmen of Your Majesty's Navy and Probationary Second Lieutenants of the Royal Marines if discharged for physical unfitness not attributable to service:

We beg leave humbly to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to sanction the proposals set forth in the annexed Schedule with effect from the first day of October, 1921.

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence therein.

Schedule.

1. Sub-Lieutenants, R.N., Paymaster Sub-Lieutenants, R.N., Lieutenants, R.M., with less than four years' Commissioned service, and Second Lieutenants, R.M., except Officers promoted from the ranks under Order in Council dated the 11th February, 1913, if invalided for disability certified by the competent medical authority as not attributable to the conditions of service, to be granted at the discretion of the Admiralty, a gratuity of amount not exceeding �100 for each complete year of their service as Sub-Lieutenant, R.N., or Acting Sub-Lieutenant, R.N., or Midshipman, R.N., or as Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant, R.N., or Acting Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant, R.N., or Paymaster Midshipman, R.N., or as Lieutenant, R.M., or Second Lieutenant, R.M., or Probationary Second Lieutenant, R.M.
2. Acting Sub-Lieutenants, R.N., Midshipmen, R.N., Acting Paymaster Sub-Lieutenants, R.N., Paymaster Midshipmen, R.N., and Probationary Second Lieutenants, R.M., if invalided for disability certified by the competent medical authority as not attributable to the conditions of service, to be granted, at the discretion of the Admiralty, a gratuity of amount not exceeding �200.
3. Orders in Council of the 19th January, 1886, and the 22nd April, 1910, and Order in Council of the 5th February, 1872, in so far as the latter provides for the grant of retired pay to Sub-Lieutenants who are placed upon the Retired List on account of physical unfitness are hereby cancelled, but without prejudice to any action taken thereunder.

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