Military Pensions Act, 1976 (Act No. 84 of 1976)

23. Regulations

Purchase

(1) The Minister may make regulations as to—

(a)	the constitution, venue and quorum of and the procedure to be followed by a medical appeal board and the appeal tribunal;

(b)	the procedure to be followed and the forms to be used in connection with claims for benefits or any other matters dealt with by this Act;

(c)	the summoning before a board mentioned in paragraph (a) of appellants or witnesses and the payment to them of personal expenses;

(d)	the method by and the places at which payments of benefits under this Act shall be made;

(e)	the payment of allowances to members who suffer from a pensionable disability and undergo treatment therefor or undergo training in a hospital or other institution in terms of this Act;

(eA)	the payment of subsistence, transport and other allowances to persons in respect of their attendance for the purposes of any medical or psychological examination or any treatment or training in terms of this Act, and to their attendants;

[Section 23(1)(eA) inserted by regulation 11(a) of Act No. 26 of 1977 (Notice No. 444, GG 5463, dated 23 March 1977)]

(f)	the defrayal of funeral expenses in the case of a member who dies after the termination of his military service as a result of a pensionable disability or while undergoing authorised treatment in respect of such a disability in an institution;

(g)	any matter which is permitted or required to be prescribed by regulations under this section.

[Section 23 renumbered as section 23(1) by section 11(b) of Act No. 26 of 1997 (Notice No. 444, GG 5463, dated 23 March 1977)]

(2)	Different regulations may be made under subsection (1) in respect of different population groups or categories of persons.

[Section 23(2) inserted by section 11(b) of Act No. 26 of 1977 (Notice No. 444, GG 5463, dated 23 March 1977)]

(3)	Regulations contemplated in subsection (1) may be made with retrospective effect.

[Section 23(3) inserted by section 5 of Act No. 106 of 1986 (Notice No. 1963, GG 10452, dated 19 September 1986)]