Defence (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 97 of Principal Act

10. Section 97 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) The Minister shall, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, determine the rates and scales of pay, allowances and gratuities of members of the Defence Forces which shall be published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Minister.”,

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The Minister may make regulations in relation to the following matters:

(a) the conditions applicable to the issue of pay, allowances and gratuities of members of the Defence Forces;

(b) the grants which may be made to members and units of the Defence Forces and the conditions applicable to the issue of such grants.”,

and

(c) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “as determined by the Minister under subsection (1)” for “under regulations made under subsection (1) of this section”.