Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“the Act of 1938” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 ;

“the Act of 1952” means the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1952 ;

“the Act of 1977” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977 ;

“the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme” means the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme which was made under section 6A of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 (inserted by section 5 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960 ), and came into operation on the 1st day of December, 1960, as amended by the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1986 ( S.I. No. 431 of 1986 ), the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1986 ( S.I. No. 432 of 1986 ) and the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1988 ( S.I. No. 223 of 1988 );

“Minister of State” means a person appointed under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 , to be a Minister of State at a Department of State;

“the Principal Act” means the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 .