Army Pensions Act, 1927

Travelling expenses and subsistence allowances.

21.—(1) Payments for travelling expenses and for subsistence allowance may be made by the Minister out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas to applicants for pensions, allowances, or gratuities under the Principal Act as amended by this Act or under this Act when attending in the city or county of Dublin for medical examination by direction of the Army Pensions Board and to persons attending in the city or county of Dublin as witnesses before the Army Pensions Board pursuant to a summons by that Board.

(2) The amounts of the payments which may be made for travelling expenses and for subsistence allowance under the foregoing sub-section and the circumstances in which and conditions under which such payments may be made shall be prescribed by regulations made under this Act with the consent of the Minister for Finance and no such payment shall be made otherwise than in accordance with such regulations.