HC Deb 01 February 1918 vol 101 cc2046-7

The provisions of Section forty-six of the principal Act (which relates to persons in the naval and military service of the Crown) and of any subsequent enactment amending that Section shall, subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be prescribed (including any modifications and adaptations necessary to meet the case of persons who are transferred from the Navy or Army to the Air Force), extend to officers and men of the Regular Air Force, the Air Force. Reserve, and the Auxiliary Air Force, as if the references in those provisions to soldiers, the Regular Forces, the Army Reserve, and the Territorial Force included references to airmen of the Regular Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, and the Auxiliary Air Force, respectively.

Lords Amendments:

After the word "Force" ["Navy or Army to the Air Force"] insert the words "or from the Air Force to the Navy or Army."—Agreed to.

After the word "extend" ["extend to officers and men of the Regular Air Force"], insert the words "and be deemed always to have extended."—Agreed to.

At the end add the words "In this Section the expression 'prescribed' means prescribed by regulations made by the Insurance Commissioners in conjunction with the Air Council."—Agreed to.