Military Service Pensions Act, 1934
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Definitions. |
1.—In this Act— | |
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Defence; | ||
the expression “the Act of 1924” means the Military Service Pensions Act, 1924 (No. 48 of 1924); | ||
the expression “the Act of 1925” means the Military Service Pensions Act, 1925 (No. 15 of 1925); | ||
the expression “the Act of 1930”means the Military Service Pensions Act, 1930 (No. 8 of 1930); | ||
the expression “the Forces” means the following military bodies, that is to say:— | ||
(a) Oglaigh na hEireann (Irish Republican Army), | ||
(b) The Irish Volunteers, | ||
(c) The Irish Citizen Army, | ||
(d) Fianna Eireann, | ||
(e) The Hibernian Rifles, | ||
(f) Cumann na mBan; | ||
the expression “the first critical date” means the 11th day of July, 1921; | ||
the expression “the second critical date” means— | ||
(a) in the case of a person who served in the Forces on the 1st day of July, 1922, the 1st day of July, 1922, and | ||
(b) in the case of a person who did not serve in the Forces on the 1st day of July, 1922, but who served in the Forces at any time during the period commencing on the 2nd day of July, 1922, and ending on the 30th day of September, 1923, the date during that period on which such person first served in the Forces; | ||
the expression “certificate of military service” means a certificate granted under section 2 of the Act of 1924; | ||
the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act. |