Army Pensions Act, 1932

Establishment of Military Service Registration Board.

6.—(1) There shall be established a board to be styled and known as the Military Service Registration Board (in this Part of this Act referred to as the Registration Board) which shall consist of three members, that is to say, a chairman and two ordinary members.

(2) Every member of the Registration Board shall be appointed by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.

(3) The chairman of the Registration Board shall be that member thereof who is for the time being nominated by the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, to be the chairman thereof.

(4) Every member of the Registration Board shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister, but no such member shall be removed from office without the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.

(5) There may be paid, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to any member of the Registration Board such fees or remuneration as the Minister for Finance may determine.

(6) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make rules regulating the procedure of the Registration Board.

(7) The Registration Board may, for the purpose of carrying out the duties imposed on them by this Act, make all such inquiries, have access to and power to call for the production of all such public records, summon all such witnesses, and take such evidence on oath (which they are hereby empowered to administer) or otherwise as they may deem necessary.

(8) The Registration Board shall keep a register of all cases dealt with by them under this Part of this Act and enter in such register such particulars of such cases as the Minister may direct.