Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938

Grant of pensions, gratuities and allowances.

21.—(1) It shall be a condition precedent to the grant of any pension, gratuity or allowance under this Part of this Act that an application (which shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars) shall be made therefor to the Minister for Finance by the person entitled thereto or, in the case of a child's allowance, by the guardian of the child entitled thereto or some other person approved by the said Minister.

(2) All pensions, gratuities and allowances under this Part of this Act shall be granted by the Minister for Finance.

(3) Every child's allowance granted by the Minister for Finance to a child shall be paid for the benefit of such child to the guardian of such child or to some other person approved by the said Minister.

(4) The Minister for Finance may make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in this section as prescribed, and the word “prescribed” in this section means prescribed by such regulations, and different regulations may be made in relation to ministerial pensions, gratuities under this Part of this Act, secretarial pensions, widows' pensions, and children's allowances.