Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1947.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: Short title and commencement.
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paragraphs: Application of the Interpretation Act, 1937.
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paragraphs: Interpretation.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 3 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Retired pay of officer serving as a member of the Council of Defence who is compulsorily retired.
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paragraphs: Retired pay of officer retired for any cause (other than age, misconduct, inefficiency or incapacity) whose service is 12 years or more.
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paragraphs: Retired pay of certain other officers retiring with 12 or more years' service.
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paragraphs: Retired pay of certain officers retiring with 12 and less than 20 years' service.
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paragraphs: Married officers' gratuities.
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paragraphs: Gratuities to widows and children of certain deceased officers.
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paragraphs: Restrictions on grant of gratuities under Article 12 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Gratuities to certain officers holding temporary commissions who were previously officers of the Marine Service.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 13 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Increase of retired pay of officers who retired on or after the 2nd September, 1946, and who are granted retired pay under Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 15 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 19 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 20 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 21 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Certain officers deemed to have been in receipt of full pay, etc., during certain periods of absence from duty.
Article.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 24 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 26 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Pensions of long-service soldiers with 21 years' qualifying service discharged on or after 2nd September, 1946.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 27 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Pensions of long-service soldiers with 15 years' qualifying service and less than 21 years' qualifying service discharged on account of disability or age on or after 2nd September, 1946.
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paragraphs: Restrictions on grant of gratuities under Article 28 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Gratuities to certain soldiers whose qualifying service is 3 years or more and less than 21 years.
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paragraphs: Provisions in relation to certain gratuities to soldiers.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 31 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 32 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Re-enactment with modifications of Article 33 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Re-enactment with modifications of Article 34 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Article 38 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Deductions from pensions and gratuities.
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paragraphs: Amendments of First Schedule to the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Second Schedule to the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Re-enactment with modifications of the Third Schedule to the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Fourth Schedule to the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Fifth Schedule to the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Amendment of Sixth Schedule to the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Re-enactment with modifications of the Seventh Schedule to the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: Gratuities in respect of certain deceased officers.
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paragraphs: Gratuities in respect of certain deceased soldiers.
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paragraphs: Grant of reduced pensions and gratuities in certain cases.
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paragraphs: References to Army Pensions Acts.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.
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paragraphs: No. 81.
DEFENCE FORCES (PENSIONS) (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1947.
I, OSCAR TRAYNOR, Minister for Defence, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, testified by his signature hereto, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Defence Forces (Pensions) Acts, 1932 and 1938, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, make the following Scheme, that is to say :—
1 Short title and commencement.
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paragraphs: (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1947.
(2) This Scheme shall come into operation immediately upon its being confirmed by resolution of each House of the Oireachtas.
2 Application of the Interpretation Act, 1937 .
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Scheme.
3 Interpretation.
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paragraphs: (1) In this Scheme—
the expression " the Principal Scheme " means the Defence Forces (Pensions) Scheme, 1937 ( S. R. & O. No. 249 of 1937 ), as amended by the Amending Scheme of 1940 ;
the expression " the Amending Scheme of 1940 " means the Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Scheme, 1940 ( S. R. & O. No. 299 of 1940 ) ;
the expression " the operative date " means the date on which this scheme comes into operation.
(2) This Scheme shall be construed as one with the Principal Scheme.
(3) References in this Scheme to the Principal Scheme shall be construed as references to the Principal Scheme as amended by this Scheme.
4 Amendment of Article 3 of the Principal Scheme.
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paragraphs: The Principal Scheme shall be construed and have effect as if the following were added to Article 3 thereof—
" the expression ` the Reserve ' means the Reserve Force established under Part III of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 30 of 1923), as amended by any subsequent enactment."
5 Retired pay of officer serving as member of the Council of Defence who is compulsorily retired.
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paragraphs: The Principal Scheme shall be construed and have effect as if the following Article were inserted therein in lieu of Article 6 thereof—
" 6. There may, subject to the provisions of this Scheme, be granted to an officer, who is compulsorily retired while serving as a member of the Council of Defence, retired pay at the rate per annum specified in the second column of the Table to this Article opposite the mention, in the first column of the said Table, of the rank held by him on such retirement.
TABLE TO ARTICLE 6.
Rank held on retirement
Rate per annum
(1)
(2)
£
Colonel
400
Major General
500
Lieutenant-General or higher rank
600
".
6 Retired pay of officer retired for any cause (other than age, misconduct, inefficiency or incapacity) whose service is 12 years or more.
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paragraphs: The Principal Scheme shall be construed and have effect as if the following Article were inserted therein in lieu of Article 7 thereof—
" 7. Where an officer whose pensionable service is twelve years or more is retired for any cause (other than age, misconduct, inefficiency, or mental or physical incapacity) there may, subject to the provisions of this Scheme, be granted to such officer retired pay of an amount computed—