5 Awards to certain persons serving on naval ships. U.K.

(1)The Minister may, with the consent of the Treasury, make a scheme for—

(a)applying the provisions of any Naval War Pensions Order to persons employed or engaged on ships forming part of [F1the Royal Navy](being persons to whom the provisions of the Order would not otherwise apply) in cases where their death or disablement is directly attributable to war injuries sustained in such circumstances as may be specified in the scheme, or to detention caused by reason of their service in such ships; and

(b)the payment of allowances to or for the benefit of any such persons detained as aforesaid, or to or for the benefit of the dependants of such persons so detained.

(2)If it appears to the Minister that the awards that could be authorised by the provisions of a scheme made by virtue of paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection would, in the case of any such persons of any particular class, be inappropriate to the conditions of their employment or engagement, he may, with the consent of the Treasury, in lieu of making provision for the application in their case of a Naval War Pensions Order, make a scheme authorising in their case awards on account of the like matters as if the scheme were made under those provisions, [F2but of such amount and character as may be determined by or under the scheme.]