S.I. No. 52/1950:

MILITARY SERVICE PENSIONS ACT, 1934, REGULATIONS, 1950.

MILITARY SERVICE PENSIONS ACT, 1934, REGULATIONS, 1950.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (2) of section 7 of the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (No. 43 of 1934), that every application under the said section 7 shall be made within the prescribed time :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by section 21 of the said Act that the Minister for Defence may by Order make regulations in relation to any matter or thing referred to in the said Act as prescribed :

AND WHEREAS the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 , Regulations, 1934 (Statutory Rules and Orders No. 355 of 1934), were made by the Minister for Defence in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said Act, and were subsequently amended by the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (No. 3) Regulations, 1945, made on the 21st day of December, 1945 :

NOW, THEREFORE, I, T. F. O'HIGGINS, Minister for Defence, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (No. 43 of 1934), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order and make the following regulations, that is to say :--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 , Regulations, 1950.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. The Minister for Defence may accept an application under Section 7 of the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 , not later than the 7th day of June, 1951, from any person who tenders reasons satisfactory to the Minister for his failure to apply before the 1st day of January, 1946, being the date fixed for the purpose by the Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 (No. 3) Regulations, 1945.

4. The Military Service Pensions Act, 1934 , Regulations, 1934 ( S. R. & O. No. 355 of 1934 ), are hereby amended by deleting Question 6 in Form MSP/34/1 set out in the Schedule and substituting the following :--

" 6. Were you a member of the Irish Volunteer Executive or of the Headquarters Staff of Óglaigh na h-Éireann, or a member of the Intelligence Branch of any of the bodies which constitute the Forces? If so, give the dates between which you served.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of March, 1950.

(Signed) T. F. O'HIGGINS,

Minister for Defence.