Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

Local pension committees and social welfare officers.

[1908 OAP, ss. 8, 11 (2)]

165.—(1) The local pension committee shall be a committee appointed for every borough and urban district, having a population according to the last published census for the time being of 10,000 or over, and for every county (excluding the area of any such borough or district), by the council of the borough, district or county. The persons appointed to be members of a local pension committee need not be members of the council by which they are appointed.

(2) A local pension committee may appoint such and so many sub-committees, consisting either wholly or partly of the members of the committee as the committee think fit, and a local pension committee may delegate, either absolutely or under such conditions as they think fit, to any such sub-committee any powers and duties of the local pension committee under this Chapter.

(3) Any reference in this Chapter to pension authorities shall be construed as a reference to the social welfare officer, the local pension committee and the appeals officer, or to any one of them, as the case requires.

[1908 OAP, s. 8 (4); S.R. & O. No. 18 of 1947; 1960 MP, s. 24]

(4) Social welfare officers shall be appointed by the Minister and the Minister may appoint such number of those officers as he thinks fit to act for such areas as he directs.