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CONSTABULARY AND POLICE (IRELAND) ACT 1918

CONSTABULARY AND POLICE (IRELAND) ACT 1918 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Pay and Pensions of the
Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police and for other
purposes in connection with those Forces.{1}
[21st November 1918]
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Extension of power to grant pensions to widows of constables.

CONSTABULARY AND POLICE (IRELAND) ACT 1918 - SECT 2

2.(1) Where a man to whom this section applies, that is to say:

(a)a constable who was serving in either of the said police forces
on the first day of September nineteen hundred and eighteen;

(b)a constable of either of the said police forces who, having been
called out as a reservist, or having entered or re-entered, enlisted
or re-enlisted in any of His Majesty's naval, military, or air
forces for the purposes of the present war, was on the said first
day of September serving in any such force;

(c)a constable who, having joined either of the said police forces
after the said first day of September, has completed five years'
service,

Provided that if the widow is in receipt of a pension payable out
of naval, military, or air force funds in pursuance of any Royal
Warrant or Order in Council, then

(i)if the pension payable out of such funds amounts to or exceeds
the amount prescribed by this section, no pension shall be payable
under this section;

(ii)if the pension payable out of such funds is less than the
amount prescribed by this section, the pension payable under this
section shall be equal to the difference.

(2) Where a pension is granted under this Act to the widow of a
constable to whom a gratuity has been granted on retirement from
the police force, the pension shall be payable as from such date
after the death of the constable as the police authority may
determine.

CONSTABULARY AND POLICE (IRELAND) ACT 1918 - SECT 3
Futher provisions as to pensions to widows of constables.

3.(1) Paragraph (9) of the Second Schedule to the Constabulary and
Police (Ireland) Act, 1883, in its application to a pension payable
under section four of that Act to the widow of a constable who
has died on or after the first day of September nineteen hundred
and eighteen, or dies after the passing of this Act, shall have
effect as if "twenty-six pounds" were substituted for "ten pounds".

(2) Where the widow is one to whom a pension or gratuity may be
granted under section four of the Constabulary and Police (Ireland)
Act, 1883, she shall not be entitled to a pension or gratuity
under that section unless she accepts tha same in lieu of a
pensions under this Act.

(3) A pension payable to a widow of a constable under this Act or
under section four of the Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act,
1883, shall, if at any time she remarries, be suspended, but in
the event of her again becoming a widow shall be restored on proof
to the satisfaction of the police authority that her circumstances
are such that the pension is necessary for her support, and that
she is of good character and deserving of bounty from public funds,
and accordingly ... residue repeals in pt. sch. to 1883 c.44

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Interpretation.

CONSTABULARY AND POLICE (IRELAND) ACT 1918 - SECT 8

8. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires

The expression "police authority" means in the case of the Royal
Irish Constabulary the Inspector-General ...; and

The expression "constable" includes any head constable major, head
constable, sergeant, acting sergeant and constable of the Royal Irish
Constabulary ...

CONSTABULARY AND POLICE (IRELAND) ACT 1918 - SECT 9
Short title.

9. This Act may be cited as the Constabulary and Police (Ireland)
Act, 1918 ....

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