At the Court at Buckingham Palace

THE 11th DAY OF JUNE 2025

PRESENT,

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

IN COUNCIL

Whereas by section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865(a), it is enacted that all pensions payable in respect of service in His Majesty's Naval or Marine Forces to a person being or having been a Seaman or Marine therein, shall be paid in such manner and subject to such restrictions, conditions and provisions as are from time to time directed by Order in Council:

And whereas it is expedient to provide for the increase of certain pensions granted to Maltese Naval Locally Engaged Personnel to correspond with the benefits provided, in the case of civil pensions, by the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971(b), as amended by the Superannuation Act 1972(c):

Now, therefore His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Him by the said Act of 1865 and all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions (Maltese Locally Engaged Ratings' Service Pensions Increase) Order 2025.

2. Pensions granted in respect of service given by Maltese Locally Engaged Personnel shall be increased in accordance with paragraph 2 of the Schedule to this Order, subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of the Schedule.

Richard Tilbrook, CVO

(a) 1865 c.73 (b) 1971 c.56 (c) 1972 c.11

SCHEDULE

PENSION INCREASES

1. A pension to which this Schedule relates may be increased provided either that:

(a) the pensioner has attained the age of 55 years, or

(b) the pension is a widow's pension, or

(c) the pensioner was invalided from Naval Service, or

(d) the pensioner is permanently incapacitated by physical or mental infirmity from engaging in regular full-time employment and provided that the pensioner, or, in the case of a widow’s pension, her husband, was discharged from Naval service after July 1973.

2. The appropriate percentage increase for those currently entitled to receive Pension Increases shall be as follows:-

4% from 1st August 2023