Army Pensions Act, 1927

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Number 12 of 1927.


ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1927.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Construction of certain expressions.

3.

Amendments of the Principal Act.

4.

Alterations of scales under Principal Act in certain cases.

5.

Establishment of Army Pensions Board.

6.

Temporary incapacity of member of Army Pensions Board.

7.

Reference of applications to Army Pensions Board.

8.

Assessment of degree of disability.

9.

Disability pensions in certain cases.

10.

Disability pensions in certain other cases.

11.

Wound pensions and gratuities in certain cases.

12.

Wound pensions and gratuities in certain other cases.

13.

Disability pensions in certain special cases.

14.

Allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain cases.

15.

Allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain other cases.

16.

Accounting for ex gratia allowances in certain cases.

17.

Form of application for pension, etc.

18.

Time limit for claims for pensions, etc.

19.

Renewal of applications refused under Principal Act.

20.

Prohibition of double pensions.

21.

Travelling expenses and subsistence allowances.

22.

Definition of “married man.”

23.

Application of pensions in certain cases.

24.

Double disablement.

25.

Conditions attaching to pensions.

26.

Application of certain sections of the Principal Act.

27.

Regulations.

28.

Short title and citation.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.


Acts Referred to

Army Pensions Act, 1923

No. 26 of 1923

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Number 12 of 1927.


ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1927.


AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS, ALLOWANCES, AND GRATUITIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN, AND CERTAIN OTHER MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES AND GRATUITIES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SAID FORCES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1923 , AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR DIVERS MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE SEVERAL MATTERS AFORESAID. [30th April, 1927.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—