Military Service Pensions Act, 1934

Advisory Committee.

6.—(1) There shall be established a committee to be styled and known as the Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the Committee) to sit with the Referee and assist him in the exercise of his functions under this Act.

(2) The Committee shall consist of four members, that is to say:—

(a) two members, being persons who held high rank in the Forces before the 11th day of July, 1921, who shall be nominated by and hold office during the pleasure of the Executive Council;

(b) a member who shall be nominated by and hold office during the pleasure of the Minister for Finance; and

(c) a member who shall be nominated by and hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.

(3) Whenever a member of the Committee is, through illhealth or other sufficient cause, temporarily incapacitated from performing his duties as such member, the authority by whom such member was appointed may appoint another person to be a member of the Committee in place of the member so incapacitated for so long as such incapacity continues.

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