Army Pensions Act, 1927
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Definitions. |
1.—In this Act— | |
the expression “the Principal Act” means the Army Pensions Act, 1923 (No. 26 of 1923); | ||
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Defence; | ||
the expression “degree of disablement” when used in relation to a disablement caused by disease means the degree of disablement assessed in respect of such disablement by the Army Pensions Board; | ||
the expression “minimum degree of disablement” means eighty per cent. degree of disablement; | ||
the expression “military service” when used in reference to a person who was a member of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army means whenever such member was on duty, or was under arrest as the result of his activities as such member, or was evading capture or pursuit by the armed forces of the British Government, or was detained in a prison or internment camp by or by order of the British Government; | ||
the word “wound” means an interruption of the normal continuity of body tissue caused by direct or indirect violence but does not include any injury due to the serious negligence or misconduct of the person suffering therefrom; | ||
the word “disablement” means any injury of a permanent nature resulting in impairment of function caused by wound or disease and not due to the serious negligence or misconduct of the person suffering therefrom; and | ||
other expressions and words which are also used in the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall, if not otherwise defined in this Act, have the same meanings respectively as such expressions and words have respectively in the Principal Act as so amended. |