No. 319/1942:

AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS SERVICES (COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES) SCHEME, 1942.

AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS SERVICES (COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES) SCHEME, 1942.

I, SEÁN T. Ó CEALLAIGH, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 64 of the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 99) Order, 1941 (S. R. & O. No. 340 of 1941), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby make the following Scheme, that is to say :—

PART I. PRELIMINARY.

1. This Scheme may be cited as the Air-raid Precautions Services (Compensation for Personal Injuries) Scheme, 1942.

2. In this Scheme—

the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Finance ;

the expression " the Board " means the Army Pensions Board ;

the expression " personal injury " means loss of physical or mental capacity resulting from service ;

the expression " qualifying injury " means any persona injury (whether sustained before, on, or after the date of the making of this Scheme) to which section 64 of the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939), as amended by the Emergency Powers (No. 99) Order, 1941 (S. R. & O. No. 340 of 1941) applies, and which is sustained by an authorised member of an Air-raid Precautions Service established under a scheme approved by the Minister for Defence under section 13 or section 38 of that Act ;

the expression " degree of disablement " means, in relation to a disabled person, the measure of disablement (expressed by way of percentage, one hundred per cent. representing for the purpose total disablement) which is certified by the Board to be suffered by that person by a comparison of his condition as disabled with the condition of a normal healthy person of the same age and sex ;

the word " child " includes a step-child, an illegitimate child, and a person in respect of whom a person who has sustained a qualifying injury was in loco parentis at the date of sustaining such injury ;

the word " relative " means anybody who is a child, grandchild, parent, step-parent, grandparent, brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister of the person in relation to whom the word is used ;

the expression " public moneys " means moneys provided by the Oireachtas or out of the Central Fund, or out of the funds of a local authority, or moneys paid out of any fund declared under the Superannuation Act, 1892, to be a public fund.

3.—(1) This Scheme applies to—

(a) any person ordinarily resident in the State, and

(b) a person in respect of whom a direction has been given by the Minister under paragraph (2) of this Article.

(2) The Minister may, if he so thinks fit having regard to special circumstances, direct, in respect of any person not ordinarily resident in the State, that this Scheme shall apply to such person.

4.—(1) The Air-raid Precautions Services (Compensation) Scheme, 1940, is hereby revoked.

(2) Any payments made under the Air-raid Precautions Services (Compensation) Scheme, 1940, shall be deemed to have been made under this Scheme.

PART II. COMPENSATION IN NON-FATAL CASES.

5.—(1) Where—

(a) the Minister for Defence or the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence certifies that a person to whom this Scheme applies sustained a qualifying injury, and that such injury was not due to such person's serious negligence or misconduct, and

(b) the Board report that such person has been disabled as the result of such injury,

then, subject to the provisions of this Scheme, compensation may he paid under this Part of this Scheme to such person in respect of such disablement.

(2) In this Part of this Scheme the word " compensation means compensation under this Part of this Scheme.

6.—(1) Every application for compensation shall, unless the Minister is satisfied that the applicant is not a person to whom this Scheme applies or that the applicant did not sustain a qualifying injury or that the applicant sustained a qualifying injury which was due to the applicant's own serious negligence or misconduct, be referred to the Board, who shall report to the Minister on such application.

(2) Where the Board report that a person is suffering from a disablement, they shall assess and state in such report the degree of such disablement.

(3) Where a person has received two or more separate qualifying injuries, his degree of disablement shall be assessed by the Board by reference to the aggregate disablement caused by the injuries in combination.

(4) Where—

(a) an application has been referred to the Board for a report as to the applicant's degree of disablement, whether on the first making of the application or on a subsequent review, and

(b) the applicant's degree of disablement is assessed at less than one hundred per cent., and

(c) it appears to the Board that, having regard to the nature of the qualifying injury and the class of employment which the person was engaged in prior to the qualifying injury, the applicant is totally unfitted, as a consequence of the qualifying injury, for such class of employment, and that he has been unable to obtain work in such employment,

the Board may, if they think fit, assess his degree of disablement as one hundred per cent.

(5) The Board may, in any case in which they think fit, refer an applicant to be medically examined by a duly qualified medical practitioner (hereinafter referred to as a Medical Examiner) appointed for that purpose by the Minister.

(6) Whenever an applicant is referred under this Article to a Medical Examiner for medical examination, such Medical Examiner shall report to the Board on him in such form as the Board may direct.

7. Where an applicant for compensation is summoned by the Board to attend for medical examination and fails or refuses to do so, the Board shall inform the Minister accordingly, and thereupon the following provisions shall have effect—

(a) the Minister may refuse such application ;

(b) where the Minister decides not to refuse the application, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say—

(i) the Minister shall inform the Board of his decision,

(ii) the Board shall, not later than three months after being so informed, again summon the applicant to attend for medical examination,

(iii) if the applicant fails or refuses to attend in pursuance of such summons, the Board shall inform the Minister accordingly and thereupon the Minister shall refuse the application ;

(c) where the Minister refuses the application, the applicant shall not, unless the Minister so permits, be entitled to renew his application.

8.—(1) Where an application for compensation has been refused, otherwise than under the next preceding Article, or granted, the Minister may request the Board to examine or re-examine the applicant or cause him to be examined or re-examined, and the Board shall comply with such request and report the result of such examination or re-examination to the Minister.

(2) Where compensation is payable to a person, the Board may request such person to present himself before them or a Medical Examiner for re-examination, and, if any such person who is so requested fails or refuses to comply with the request, the Minister may cancel the grant of such compensation as on and from the date of such failure or refusal.

9.—(1) The full rate of basic compensation in case of total disablement shall be thirty shillings a week.

(2) The full rate of basic compensation in any case of disablement less than total disablement shall be a rate bearing the same proportion to thirty shillings a week as the degree of disablement bears to one hundred per cent.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this Scheme, the rate of basic compensation payable to a disabled person shall be—

(a) in the case of a person aged eighteen years or over, the full rate of basic compensation ;

(b) in the case of a person under eighteen years of age, one half of the full rate of basic compensation.

(4) The rate of basic compensation payable to a person whose disablement is less than total disablement shall not be less than two shillings and sixpence a week.

(5) Where a person to whom basic compensation is payable is required to undergo examination or treatment in respect of a qualifying injury, and such examination or treatment involves his absence from home, such person shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Part of this Scheme, to be totally disabled during the period of absence.

(6) For the purposes of this Article, a person who was married at the date on which he sustained a qualifying injury shall, notwithstanding that he has not attained the age of eighteen years, be treated as if he had attained that age.

(7) In this Part of this Scheme the expression " basic compensation " means compensation payable by virtue of this Article.

10.—(1) Where basic compensation is payable or would, but for the provisions of the next following Article, be payable to a disabled person whose degree of disablement is for the time being one hundred per cent., the following provisions shall, subject however to paragraphs (4) and (5) of this Article, have effect—

(a) if the person is married and the person's spouse was, at the date (in this paragraph referred to as the critical date) on which the person sustained the injury in respect of which the basic compensation is payable, and is, for the time being, wholly or mainly maintained by the person, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation, be payable to the person additional compensation at the rate of seven shillings and sixpence a week ;

(b) if the person is a widower or widow and the person had residing with him or her at the critical date and for the time being has residing with him or her a female for the purpose of looking after and caring for any of the person's children, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation, be payable to the person additional compensation at the rate of seven shillings and sixpence a week ;

(c) if the person has any children who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person and are for the time being under the age of eighteen years, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation and any other compensation payable under this paragraph, be payable to the person in respect of each such child additional compensation at the rate of four shillings a week ;

(d) if the person has any relatives who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person and are for the time being incapable (owing to physical or mental infirmity) of earning, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation and any other compensation payable under this paragraph, be payable to the person in respect of each such relative additional compensation at the rate of four shillings a week.

(2) Where basic compensation is payable or would, but for the provisions of the next following Article, be payable to a disabled person whose degree of disablement is for the time being less than one hundred per cent., the following provisions shall, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of this Article, have effect—

(a) if the person is married and the person's spouse was, at the date (in this paragraph referred to as the critical date) on which the person sustained the injury in respect of which the basic compensation is payable, and is, for the time being, wholly or mainly maintained by the person, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation, be payable to the person, as additional compensation, a weekly sum which bears to seven shillings and sixpence the same proportion as the person's degree of disablement bears to one hundred per cent.,

(b) if the person is a widower or widow and the person had residing with him or her at the critical date and for the time being has residing with him or her a female for the purpose of looking after and caring for any of the person's children, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation, be payable to the person, as additional compensation, a weekly sum which bears to seven shillings and sixpence the same proportion as the person's degree of disablement bears to one hundred per cent.,

(c) if the person has any children who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person and are for the time being under the age of eighteen years, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation and any other compensation payable under this paragraph, be payable to the person in respect of each such child, as additional compensation, a weekly sum which bears to four shillings the same proportion as the person's degree of disablement bears to one hundred per cent.,

(d) if the person has any relatives who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person and are for the time being incapable (owing to physical or mental infirmity) of earning, there shall, in addition to the basic compensation and any other compensation payable under this paragraph, be paid to the person in respect of each such relative, as additional compensation, a weekly sum which bears to four shillings the same proportion as the person's degree of disablement bears to one hundred per cent.

(3) For the purposes of this Article a child of a person who has sustained a qualifying injury born after the date of such injury, but not later than nine months after that date, shall be deemed to have been wholly dependent on such person at the said date if the mother of such child either was such person or was wholly or mainly maintained by such person at the said date.

(4) No additional compensation shall be payable under either sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (2) of this Article in respect of a relative of a person if that relative is a child of that person and is for the time being under the age of eighteen years.

(5) Where additional compensation in respect of a relative of a person payable under either sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (2) of this Article ceases to be payable, the right to such additional compensation shall not, unless the Minister otherwise determines, subsequently revive.

11.—(1) No basic compensation shall be payable to any person during any period in respect of which sickness or disablement benefit is payable to him under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1942, in excess of the amount (if any) by which such benefit falls short of the appropriate rate of basic compensation under Article 9 of this Scheme.

(2) Where a person is granted, after the date of the qualifying injury, sick pay, pension (except, if such person is a widow or an orphan, a pension in respect of which contributions have been paid) or an allowance (including Unemployment Assistance) from public moneys otherwise than under this Scheme, no basic compensation shall be payable in excess of the amount (if any) by which such sick pay, pension, or allowance falls short of the appropriate rate of basic compensation under Article 9 of this Scheme.

12.—(1) Where—

(a) a person has received a qualifying injury, and

(b) such person has received medical or surgical treatment in respect of such qualifying injury,

the Minister may pay for or on behalf of such person or repay to such person, in respect of any fees due or paid for such treatment or in respect of maintenance while undergoing such treatment, such sums as the Minister may consider reasonable.

(2) Where—

(a) a person has received a qualifying injury, and

(b) such person has obtained any medical or surgical appliance which is, in the opinion of the Minister, calculated to lessen his disablement,

the Minister may pay on behalf of such person or repay to such person, in respect of any amount due or paid for such appliance, such sum as the Minister may consider reasonable.

(3) The Minister may, to such extent as he thinks fit, defray the cost of any medical or surgical treatment undergone, by direction of the Minister acting on the advice of the Board, by any person to whom this Scheme applies and who has sustained a qualifying injury, in a hospital, nursing home or like institution or in such person's house and also the cost of maintenance of such person while undergoing or while detained in any such institution for the purposes of such treatment and also any travelling expenses incurred in the travelling or conveyance of such person to or from any place for the purposes of such treatment.

(4) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, supply to any person to whom this Scheme applies and who has sustained a qualifying injury such surgical and medical appliances as his case may require and may provide for the repair and renewal of any such appliances.

13. Where the Board certify in respect of any person to whom basic compensation is payable that it is desirable, in such person's interest, that he should undergo medical or surgical treatment for his disablement and the Minister offers to provide such treatment and such person refuses to undergo such treatment and the Minister considers that such refusal is unreasonable, the Minister may suspend or withhold the payment of such basic compensation or reduce it by such amount as he thinks fit so long as such person so refuses.

14. The Minister may make payments, at such rates as he thinks fit, for travelling expenses, subsistence allowances and hospital maintenance in respect of—

(a) persons attending, by direction of the Minister acting on the advice of the Board, for surgical or medical examination or treatment,

(b) persons acting in the capacity of guardian or nurse who accompany persons so attending, where the Minister is satisfied that such accompaniment is necessary in the interests of the persons so attending.

15. The Minister may pay such fees as he considers reasonable for—

(a) examinations carried out and reports furnished by a Medical Examiner by direction of the Board,

(b) reports furnished by other duly qualified medical practitioners by direction of the Board.

16. Where a person was, at the date of the receipt by him of an injury in respect of which compensation may be awarded to him, in receipt of a pension payable out of public moneys (otherwise than under this Scheme) in respect of a disability suffered by him, his degree of disablement shall not be assessed for the purposes of an award of compensation under this Scheme at a degree which, together with the degree of disablement at which his disability was, or could have been, assessed for the purposes of the said pension payable to him out of public moneys, amounts to a degree higher than one hundred per cent.

17. The Minister may require any applicant for compensation to furnish from time to time particulars of his employment before or after the date of the injury in respect of which the application was made.

18. Where upon the death of a person to whom compensation or a lump sum in lieu of compensation is payable, a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds is due to his estate on account thereof, the Minister may, if representation has not been raised to the estate of such person, without requiring such representation to be raised, pay such sum to such person or persons as appear to the said Minister, upon such evidence as he may deem satisfactory, to be beneficially entitled to receive the same, and any such payment shall be a good discharge to the Minister for the sum paid.

19. Where a person to whom compensation is payable under this Part of this Scheme satisfies the Minister that he has suffered a loss of earnings as a result of incapacity for work due to a qualifying injury, there shall be payable to him an allowance in respect of such loss of earnings subject to the following conditions—

(a) evidence of loss of earnings, in such form as the Minister may consider satisfactory, must be furnished ;

(b) if the basic and any additional compensation equals or exceeds seventy-two shillings and sixpence a week, no allowance shall be payable under this Article ;

(c) if the basic and any additional compensation is less than seventy-two shillings and sixpence a week, the allowance shall be a weekly amount equal to the difference between

(i) the basic and any additional compensation, and

(ii) seventy-two shillings and sixpence a week or the amount of loss of weekly earnings,

whichever is the less.

(d) the allowance shall not be payable for a period or periods exceeding in the aggregate twenty-six weeks in respect of the same injury.

PART III. COMPENSATION IN FATAL CASES.

20. In this Part of this Scheme the expression " the critical date " means, in relation to a deceased person who sustained a qualifying injury which resulted in his or her death, the date on which he or she sustained that injury.

21.—(1) Where—

(a) (i) the Minister for Defence or the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence certifies that a person to whom this Scheme applies sustained a qualifying injury and that such injury was not due to such person's serious negligence or misconduct, and

(ii) the Board report that such person's death was due to such injury, or

(b) the Minister for Defence or the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence certifies that a person to whom this Scheme applies was killed as the result of a qualifying injury and that such person's death was not due to his serious negligence or misconduct,

then, subject to the provisions of this Scheme, compensation may be paid under this Part of this Scheme in respect of the death of such person.

(2) In this Part of this Scheme the word " compensation " means compensation under this Part of this Scheme.

22. Every application for compensation in respect of the death of a person other than a person who was killed outright shall, unless the Minister is satisfied that the deceased was not a person to whom this Scheme applies or that the deceased did not sustain a qualifying injury or that the deceased sustained a qualifying injury which was due to the deceased's serious negligence or misconduct, be referred to the Board, who shall ascertain and report to the Minister whether such death was due to a qualifying injury.

23.—(1) Where compensation is payable in respect of the death of a person and the person leaves a widow who was at the critical date wholly or mainly maintained by him, there shall be payable to her during widowhood as compensation—

(a) in case she is over forty-five years of age or she is for the time being incapable (owing to physical or mental infirmity) of earning or an allowance of five shillings a week is for the time being payable under paragraph (3) or paragraph (5) of this Article to any child of the person, an allowance of eighteen shillings a week,

(b) in any other case, an allowance of twelve shillings and sixpence a week.

(2) Where compensation is payable in respect of the death of a person and the person leaves a widower who was at the critical date wholly dependent on her, there shall be payable as compensation to him, so long as he is incapable (owing to physical or mental infirmity) of earning, an allowance of eighteen shillings a week.

(3) Where—

(a) compensation is payable in respect of the death of a person, and

(b) the person leaves a widow or widower, and

(c) the person leaves any children who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person,

there shall be payable as compensation to each of such children, so long as he or she is under the age of eighteen—

(i) in case he or she is living with the widow or widower, an allowance of five shillings a week, and

(ii) in any other case, an allowance of seven shillings and sixpence a week.

(4) Where—

(a) compensation is payable in respect of the death of a person, and

(b) the person leaves any orphan children who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person,

there shall be payable as compensation to each of such children, so long as he or she is under the age of eighteen years, an allowance of seven shillings and sixpence a week.

(5) Where—

(a) compensation is payable in respect of the death of a person, and

(b) the person leaves a widow or widower, and

(c) the person also leaves any relatives who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person,

there shall be payable as compensation to each such relative, so long as he or she is incapable (owing to physical or mental infirmity) of earning—

(i) in case he or she is for the time being living with the widow or widower, an allowance of five shillings a week, and

(ii) in any other case, an allowance of seven shillings and sixpence a week.

(6) Where—

(a) compensation is payable in respect of the death of a person, and

(b) the person was unmarried, and

(c) the person leaves any relatives who were at the critical date wholly dependent on the person,

there shall be payable as compensation to each such relative, so long as he or she is incapable (owing to physical or mental infirmity) of earning, an allowance of seven shillings and sixpence a week.

(7) A child of a deceased person born after the critical date, but not later than nine months after the critical date, shall be deemed for the purposes of this Article to have been wholly dependent on the person at the critical date if the mother of that child was at the critical date wholly or mainly maintained by the person.

(8) Where an allowance is granted under paragraph (3), paragraph (4), paragraph (5), or paragraph (6) of this Article to a female, such allowance shall cease on her marriage.

(9) No compensation in respect of a deceased person shall be payable under paragraph (5) of this Article to a relative of the deceased if that relative is a child of the deceased and is for the time being under the age of eighteen years.

(10) Where compensation payable to a person under paragraph (2), paragraph (5), or paragraph (6) of this Article ceases to be payable, the right to such compensation shall not, unless the Minister otherwise determines, subsequently revive.

24.—(1) Where compensation is payable in respect of the death of any person and such person leaves any partial dependants, the Minister may award as compensation to each or any of such partial dependants whose circumstances appear to him to merit the making of an award under this Article such lump sum as he thinks fit, so however that the total amount of the sums so awarded in respect of the deceased does not exceed six hundred pounds.

(2) Each of the following shall be deemed for the purposes of this Article to be a partial dependant of a deceased person—

(a) the widow of the deceased if she was at the critical date maintained (otherwise than wholly or mainly) by the deceased,

(b) the widower of the deceased if he was at the critical date partially dependent on the deceased,

(c) any relative of the deceased if he or she was at the critical date partially dependent on the deceased,

(d) any child of the deceased born after the critical date, but not later than nine months after the critical date, if the mother of the child was at the critical date maintained (otherwise than wholly or mainly) by the deceased.

(3) The widower or a relative (other than a child born after the critical date) of a deceased person shall not for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (b) or (c) of the immediately preceding paragraph be deemed to have been partially dependent on the deceased at the critical date unless such widower or relative was at the critical date dependent partially on contributions from the deceased for the provision of the ordinary necessaries of life, insurance being deemed, for this purpose, to be one of the ordinary necessaries of life.

25.—(1) Where compensation is payable in respect of the death of a person who leaves any dependant, the Minister may pay or repay, in respect of the funeral expenses of such person, such sum as he considers reasonable.

(2) Where compensation would be payable in respect of the death of a person but for the fact that he leaves no dependant, the Minister may, in respect of the expenses incurred for medical attendance and burial of such person, pay such sum (not exceeding twenty-five pounds) as he considers reasonable, and any such sum shall be paid to his personal representative or, if he has no such representative, to the persons to whom the said expenses are due, in such shares as, in default of agreement between those persons, the Minister thinks proper.

(3) In this Article references to a dependant of a deceased person shall be construed as references to any person who is the widow or widower or a relative of the deceased and who was at the critical date dependent on the deceased.

PART IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

26. Save where the Minister, in any particular case and having regard to special circumstances, otherwise directs, no compensation shall be payable under this Scheme in respect of a qualifying injury unless—

(a) an application therefor in the appropriate form set out in the Schedule hereto and containing the particulars indicated in the said form is made, and

(b) such application is made—

(i) in case the injury was sustained before the date of the making of this Scheme, within six months after the said date, or

(ii) in case the injury was sustained on or after the said date, within six months after the sustaining of such injury.

27. Where compensation in the form of a continuing allowance is payable to any person under this Scheme, and such person so desires, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, commute such compensation by the payment of such sum as may be agreed upon by the Minister and such person.

28.—(1) Where—

(a) compensation under Part II of this Scheme (including any allowance payable under Article 19) is payable to a person in respect of a qualifying injury, and

(b) compensation (in this paragraph referred to as the alternative compensation) is also payable apart from this Scheme to that person in respect of that injury out of public moneys,

compensation under the said Part II shall not be paid to such person unless such person surrenders his right or forgoes his claim to the alternative compensation and, in case such person surrenders such right or forgoes such claim, any payments previously made on foot of the alternative compensation shall be treated as payments on foot of the compensation under the said Part II.

(2) Where—

(a) compensation under Part III of this Scheme is payable to a person in respect of the death of another person, and

(b) compensation in the form of a continuing allowance (in this paragraph referred to as the alternative compensation) other than compensation in respect of which contributions have been paid is also payable apart from this Scheme to that person in respect of such death out of public moneys,

compensation under the said Part III shall not be payable to such person unless such person surrenders his right or forgoes his claim to the alternative compensation, and, in case such person surrenders such right or forgoes such claim, any payments previously made on foot of the alternative compensation shall be treated as payments on foot of the compensation under the said Part III.

29. The Minister may withhold or cancel payment of any compensation under this Scheme if he is satisfied that the person to whom the compensation is payable has become ordinarily resident outside the State.

30. Where a qualifying injury is sustained by any person in circumstances entitling him or his dependants to compensation under this Scheme, and any payment has been made out of public moneys on account of such injury, the Minister may withhold or reduce to the extent necessary to recover such payment any compensation payable under this Scheme in respect of such injury.

31. Where an injury for which compensation is payable to or in respect of a person under this Scheme was caused in circumstances creating a legal liability in some party other than the Minister to pay damages in respect thereof, then, if such injured person or, in the case of a deceased person, the dependants of such deceased person, recover damages or receive a composition of the claim for damages from such party in respect of such injury or death, the Minister may take the weekly value (which shall be calculated in such manner as the Minister directs) of the whole or such part as the Minister may think fit of such damages or composition into account for the purpose of securing that compensation shall be paid under this Scheme only to the extent to which the weekly value of the damages or composition falls short of such compensation.

32.—(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that any grantee to whom an award of compensation has been made under this Scheme is incapable of giving a receipt for the payment or payments to be made under such award, the Minister may make such payment or payments either to the institution or the person having the care of such grantee or for the benefit of such person or persons as the Minister considers to be dependants of such grantee or may make such payment or payments partly to such institution or person having the care of such grantee and partly to such persons as the Minister considers to be dependants of such grantee, and in such manner as the Minister thinks fit.

(2) Any payments made by the Minister under this Article shall be as full a discharge for the Minister as if such payments had been made directly to the grantee.

33. Whenever the Government recovers from the government of any other State or from any other authority outside the State compensation in respect of a qualifying injury, the following provisions shall have effect—

(a) the compensation so recovered shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister shall direct ;

(b) if any person has been awarded or may be awarded compensation under this Scheme in respect of such injury and the compensation so recovered from such government or other authority exceeds the compensation under this Scheme, the Minister may add to the said compensation under this Scheme such sum not exceeding the excess as he thinks fit.

34. Where compensation (including any addition thereto under the immediately preceding Article) is payable under this Scheme and any money is owing by the person to whom such compensation is so payable to a Minister of State or to the Revenue Commissioners or to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland or to the Irish Land Commission, it shall be lawful for the Minister to pay and discharge out of the said compensation the money so owing by the said person and to pay to the said person only the balance (if any) of the said compensation remaining after such payment and discharge.

35.—(1) Any person to whom compensation under this Scheme, or a lump sum in lieu thereof, has been awarded and any person to whom payment of such compensation or lump sum is to be made shall, if and when required by the Minister so to do, subscribe such declaration as the Minister may direct.

(2) Where a declaration is subscribed under paragraph (1) of this Article by a person who is not the person to whom the compensation or lump sum has been awarded, there shall be furnished, if and when required by the Minister, such certificate as the Minister may direct.

(3) If such a declaration or certificate as may have been required by the Minister under this Article to be subscribed or furnished is not subscribed or furnished, payment of the compensation or lump sum may be withheld until the requirements of the Minister under this Article have been complied with.

36.—(1) No person shall, with a view to obtaining any payment for himself or any other person under this Scheme, make, sign, or use any declaration, application or other written statement knowing the same to be false.

(2) If any person is in receipt of any compensation in the form of a continuing allowance obtained by reason of a false statement and such person is convicted of an offence (based on the making, signing or using any written statement in contravention of paragraph (1) of this Article) under section 5 of the Emergency Powers Act, 1939 (No. 28 of 1939), he shall forfeit such compensation as on and from the date of such conviction.

37.—(1) Every assignment of and every charge on and every agreement to assign or charge any payment under this Scheme shall, except so far as the same is authorised by an Act for the time being in force, be null and void.

(2) No payment under this Scheme shall be capable of being taken in execution or otherwise alienated by process of law for the discharge of any debts or liabilities of the person to whom such payment is due.

(3) Nothing in this Article shall prevent the deduction from any payment under this Scheme, in accordance with Article 34 of this Scheme, of moneys owing to a Minister of State or to the Revenue Commissioners or to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland or to the Irish Land Commission.

38.—(1) If any person to whom compensation in the form of a continuing allowance has been awarded under this Scheme is, during the continuance of such compensation, convicted of any crime or offence by a Court of competent jurisdiction in the State, and is sentenced by that Court for that crime or offence to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term exceeding three months, or to penal servitude for any term, the compensation so granted to such person shall be forfeited as from the date of such conviction.

(2) If any such conviction and sentence as aforesaid is quashed or annulled, the forfeiture of compensation under this Scheme consequent on such conviction and sentence shall be deemed to have been quashed and annulled also, and such compensation shall thereupon be revived and payable together with all arrears thereof accruing since the date of such conviction.

39.—(1) The Board may, for the purpose of carrying out the duties imposed on them by this Scheme, make all such enquiries, summon all such witnesses, and take such evidence on oath (which they are hereby empowered to administer) or otherwise, as they may deem necessary, and travelling expenses may be paid to such witnesses at such rates as the Minister may approve.

(2) The findings contained in any report of the Board under this Scheme shall be final.

40. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Scheme, the Minister may—

(a) make awards of compensation provisionally or upon any other basis and for such period and of such amount and at such rate as he may think fit, so, however, that no award is made for a period or of an amount or at a rate exceeding the period, amount or rate authorised by this Scheme in the case of that award ;

(b) at any time review any award made under this Scheme and, if it appears to him that by reason of any mistake of fact, any change in the condition or circumstances of the person to or in respect of whom the award was made, or for any other reason which appears to him sufficient, it is expedient so to do, increase, reduce or cancel such compensation, so, however, that no compensation is increased to a rate or amount exceeding the rate or amount authorised by this Scheme in the case of that award.

41. Where compensation may be granted under this Scheme, the Minister may, where he is satisfied that a claim has been based on false statements, made in regard to any material circumstance, refuse to make such grant.

42. All questions arising under this Scheme (other than questions determinable under this Scheme by the Board) shall be determined by the Minister, whose decision shall be final.

43. All compensation and other payments under this Scheme shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

SCHEDULE.

FORMS OF APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION.

PART I.

AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS SERVICES (COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES) SCHEME, 1942.

APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF A DISABLED PERSON.

To the Minister for Finance :

I declare that I am the applicant mentioned in the foregoing particulars and that the said particulars are true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, and I hereby make application for compensation under the provisions of the Air-raid Precautions Services (Compensation for Personal Injuries) Scheme, 1942.

Signature of Applicant..................................................

Date ............................................................ ..........

(WHERE APPLICATION IS MADE BY ANOTHER PERSON ON BEHALF OF INJURED PERSON)

To the Minister for Finance :

I declare that this application is made by me on behalf of the above-mentioned injured person, that the foregoing particulars have been read over by or to me before signing this declaration and that the said particulars are true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Signature of Declarant ......................................................

Address............................................................ .....

Description ............................................................ ..........

Date............................................................ ..........

Signature of Witness........................................................... Address............................................................ ............

* Qualification............................................................ .......... Date............................................................ ..................

* Note : To be witnessed by one of the following—

A Commissioned Officer serving in the Defence Forces ;

A permanent Civil Servant (active or retired) whose salary is or was not less than £200 and on a scale rising to not less than £300 ;

A District Justice ;

A Peace Commissioner ;

A Barrister-at-Law, a Solicitor, or a Commissioner for Oaths ;

A Minister of Religion (denomination to be stated) ;

A registered Physician or Surgeon ;

Managers, Secretaries, Chief Cashiers and Accountants of Banks, and Officials in charge of Branch Banks ;

A member of the Gárda Síochána ;

A Postmaster or Postmistress in actual charge of a Post Office ;

Head Teachers of Secondary or National Schools ;

A Secretary of a registered Friendly Society.

PART II

AIR-RAID PRECAUTIONS SERVICES (COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES) SCHEME, 1942.

APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF A DEACEASED PERSON.

To the Minister for Finance :

I declare that this application under the provisions of the Air-raid Precautions Services (Compensation for Personal Injuries) Scheme, 1942, is made by me on behalf of the above-mentioned dependants, that the foregoing particulars have been read over by or to me before signing this declaration and that the said particulars are true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Signature of Declarant............................................................ ....

Relationship to Deceased (if any)................................................

Address............................................................ .........................

Description............................................................ .....................

Date............................................................ ........................

Signature of Witness...........................................   Address...............................................

* Qualification....................................................   Date.....................................................

* Note : To be witnessed by one of the following—

A Commissioned Officer serving in the Defence Forces ;

A permanent Civil Servant (active or retired) whose salary is or was not less than £200 and on a scale rising to not less than £300

A District Justice ;

A Peace Commissioner ;

A Barrister-at-Law, a Solicitor, or a Commissioner for Oaths ;

A Minister of Religion (denomination to be stated) ;

A registered Physician or Surgeon ;

Managers, Secretaries, Chief Cashiers and Accountants of Banks, and Officials in charge of Branch Banks ;

A member of the Gárda Síochána ;

A Postmaster or Postmistress in actual charge of a Post Office ;

Head Teachers of Secondary or National Schools ;

A Secretary of a registered Friendly Society.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 21st day of August, 1942.

SEÁN T. Ó CEALLAIGH

Minister for Finance