War Pensions Act 1921

[F11 Establishment of war pensions committees.U.K.

(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, the Minister of Pensions (in this Act referred to as “the Minister”) may by order make schemes for establishing committees to act as committees for the purposes of the War Pensions Acts, 1915 to 1920, as amended by this Act, for such areas as are respectively specified in the schemes . . . . . . F2

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(3)A committee established by a scheme under this section shall consist of such number of members, not exceeding twenty-five, as may be specified in the scheme, and every such scheme shall provide for the inclusion, so far as practicable, in the committee of representatives of—

(a)disabled men who have been discharged from the naval, military, or air service of His Majesty during the present war; and

(b)women who are in receipt of pensions as the widows or dependants of men in the said naval, military, or air service who have died from causes arising out of service during the present war; and

(c)such of the local authorities whose districts are situate wholly or partly within the area for which the committee is established as are specified in the scheme; and

(d)employers and workmen in industry in equal numbers; and

(e)voluntary associations engaged in the care of ex-service men and their families in the area;

Provided that—

(i)the persons appointed as representatives of the persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection shall together constitute not less than one fourth of the total membership of the committee, and the persons appointed as representatives of the persons mentioned in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) respectively shall in each case constitute not less than one-fifth of the total membership of the committee, and where one fourth or one fifth of the total membership is not an integral number, the nearest integral number to one fourth or one fifth of the total membership, as the case may be, shall be substituted therefor; and

(ii)where the number of the members to be appointed as representatives of the persons mentioned in paragraph (d) as ascertained in the manner aforesaid is not an even number, the number so ascertained shall be increased by one; and

(iii)not less than four members of the committee shall be women.

(4)Every scheme made for the establishment of a committee under this section shall provide for the appointment of the members of the committee by the Minister, and for the periods for which the members shall hold office, and the conditions under which they can be removed from office . . . . . . F2

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(7)Any order made under this section . . . F4may be revoked, varied, or amended by a subsequent order so made.]