NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PENSIONS, &C. (TRANSFER OF POWERS) ACT 1917 - SECT 2 Constitution and powers of special grants committee.

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NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PENSIONS, &C. (TRANSFER OF POWERS) ACT 1917 - SECT 2

Constitution and powers of special grants committee.

2.(1) The Minister of Pensions shall as soon as may be after the passing of
this Act constitute for the purposes of this Act a committee, which shall be
known as the special grants committee and shall consist of such number of
persons, not being more than [fifteen], as the Minister shall determine.

(2) In appointing the members of the committee the Minister of Pensions shall
have regard to the desirability of including among their number persons who
have acquired special knowledge as members of the Statutory Committee, or of
any sub-committee thereof or of a local committee.

(3) ... there shall be transferred to the special grants committee those
functions of the Statutory Committee which are specified in paragraphs (a),
(b), (f), (g) and (h) of subsection (1) of section three of the principal Act,
and all questions which may arise with respect to the amount of any grant or
allowance to be made under paragraphs (c), (d), (e) or (k) of the said
subsection shall stand referred to and be determined by the special grants
committee.

(4) The special grants committee may, subject to the approval of the Minister
of Pensions, make regulations with respect to their proceedings and the
exercise of the functions transferred to them under this Act, and the power of
the committee to make regulations under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of
section three of the principal Act shall be exercised subject to the approval
of the Minister.

(5) The special grants committee shall render to the Minister of Pensions such
information, advice, and assistance as he may require in connection with any
matters arising under this Act.

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NAVAL AND MILITARY WAR PENSIONS, &C. (TRANSFER OF POWERS) ACT 1917 - SECT 2