Army Pensions Act, 1927

Establishment of Army Pensions Board.

5.—(1) There shall be established a board to be called the Army Pensions Board, which shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members.

(2) The two ordinary members of the Army Pensions Board shall be duly qualified medical practitioners of whom one, but only one, shall be an officer of the Army Medical Service.

(3) The chairman of the Army Pensions Board and the ordinary member of that Board who is not an officer of the Army Medical Service shall be appointed by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and the ordinary member of the said Board who is an officer of the Army Medical Service shall be appointed by the Minister.

(4) Every member of the Army Pensions Board shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister, but no member appointed with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance shall be removed from office without the concurrence of that Minister.

(5) There may be paid, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, to any member of the Army Pensions Board such fees or remuneration as the Minister for Finance may determine.

(6) The Minister may with the consent of the Minister for Finance make rules regulating the functions and procedure of the Army Pensions Board.

(7) The Army Pensions Board may for the purpose of carrying out the duties imposed on them by this Act make all such inquiries, summon all such witnesses, and take such evidence on oath (which they are hereby empowered to administer) or otherwise, as they may deem necessary.