§ 79. Flight-Lieutenant Challenasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that A.C.I. 442, of 1942, lays down that retired officers whose pay and emoluments exceed £350 per annum may forego the payment of national health and pensions contributions, he will consider with the Ministry of Health methods of securing that such officers who happen to be employed in civil capacities should not have this deduction made.
§ Sir J. GriggThe Army Council Instruction to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers relates to a limited class of retired officers who are re-employed under Pay Warrant, 1940, Article 498(a), on special terms as to pay and emoluments, and if their total emoluments including retired pay are in excess of £420 per year they are excepted from insurance. The ordinary statutory provisions, however, apply to ex-officers employed in an ordinary civilian capacity in exactly the same way as they apply to other persons working for private or commercial employers and consequently such ex-officers cannot be excluded from compulsory insurance unless the salary paid in respect of their employment exceeds £420 per year.