Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | Commencement/Effective Date 
 Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. | Commencement Information | 
            
			
			
					| Ss. 1-3 | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| S. 4(1) | 3 September 1939 | S. 4(2) | 
			
					| S. 4(2) | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| S. 5(1) | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| S. 5(2)(a) | 3 September 1939 | S. 5(2)(b) | 
			
					| S. 5(2)(b) | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| Ss. 6(1)-(3) | 3 September 1939 | As per s. 6(5) | 
			
					| S. 6(4) | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| S. 6(5) | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| Ss. 7-11 | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| Ss. 12(1)-(4) | 1 January 1947 | As per s. 12(5) | 
			
					| S. 12(5) | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| Ss. 13-16 | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
					| Schs. 1-2 | 30 July 1949 | Commenced on enactment | 
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | Affecting Provision | 
			
			
			
					| Power to inc. pensions, etc., by regs. | 12/1968, s.7 | 
			
					| Power to inc. pensions and am. conditions, etc., by regs. | 21/1980, s.7 | 
			
					| S.2 appl. | 12/1968, s.13 | 
			
					| S.2, appl. retro. | 21/1980, s.5 (4) (6) | 
			
					| S.2 (1) (2) (5) appl. | 26/1971, s.2 | 
			
					|  | 21/1980, s.2 (8) | 
			
					| S.7 (2) rep. retro. | 27/1973, s.12 | 
			
					| S.11 am. | 18/1954, s.308 | 
			
					| S.12 rep. | 19/1957, s.37 (4) (5) | 
			
					| S.13 appl. | 26/1971, s.2 | 
			
					|  | 21/1980, s.2 (8) | 
			
					| Sch. 1 am. | 23/1953, s.22 (4) | 
			
					|  | 27/1964, s.28 (b) | 
			
					| Sch. 1 application restricted | S.I. No. 50 of 1981, regs. 3(2), 3(3) | 
			
					| Sch. 1, rate of wound pensions. | 19/1957, ss. 11 (5), 28, 30 | 
			
					|  | 2/1960, s.10 (4) | 
			
					|  | 6/1961, s.10 (4) | 
			
					|  | 34/1962, s.10 (4) | 
			
					|  | 27/1964, s.9 (5) | 
			
					| Sch. 1, pt. 3, col. 3 (in pt.) rep. | 12/1968, s.15, sch. | 
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
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					| None |  |