Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1929
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Extension of section 5 of the Principal Act. |
2.—(1) The power conferred by section 5 of the Principal Act on the Minister to authorise the grant of pensions, allowances, or gratuities to certain persons who were formerly members of the Royal Irish Constabulary is hereby extended so as to confer on the Minister power to authorise by order the grant of pensions or allowances commencing from the passing of this Act or of gratuities to any person who retired from the Royal Irish Constabulary on or after the 1st day of April, 1916, and before the 6th day of December, 1921 and who, though his retirement is not certified in accordance with that section, satisfies the Minister and the Minister for Justice that on such retirement he was granted under the enactments applicable to him a gratuity appropriate to his years of service in that force and that the Committee of Enquiry into Resignations and Dismissals from the Royal Irish Constabulary which reported to the Minister for Home Affairs on the 26th day of July, 1923 was of opinion that his retirement from the said force was caused by his national sympathies. | |
(2) Until an order is made by the Minister under the said section 5 of the Principal Act as amended by this section, the Royal Irish Constabulary (Resigned and Dismissed) Pensions Order, 1924, made by the Minister under the said section 5 , shall, with the necessary modifications, extend and apply to every person to whom the Minister is authorised by the said section 5 as amended by this section to grant a pension, allowance or gratuity, and for that purpose the said Order shall be deemed to have been made under the said section 5 as amended by this section and the said Order shall as from the passing of this Act be in operation and have effect accordingly. |