{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/irish-sailors-and-soldiers-land-trust-act-1987/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/irish-sailors-and-soldiers-land-trust-act-1987/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/48",
  "legislation_title": "Irish Sailors and Soldiers Land Trust Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/irish-sailors-and-soldiers-land-trust-act-1987",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The Distributory Agency.",
  "text": "(1) The Distributory Agency for the purposes of this Act shall be such person or persons as are for the time being appointed under this section by the Secretary of State.\n(2) It shall be the duty of the Agency to administer and (so far as not required for the expenses of administration) to apply, or arrange for the application of, the money received by it under this Act for the benefit of persons resident in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland who are former members of Her Majesty’s armed forces, their widows or widowers or their children.\n(3) The Agency shall comply with such directions relating to the discharge of its functions under this Act as may from time to time be given to it by the Secretary of State.\n(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, directions under that subsection may relate to the investment of money for the time being held by the Agency under this Act but the Secretary of State shall not give directions relating to that matter except with the consent of the Treasury.\n(5) In subsection (2) above “children” includes step-children, adopted children and illegitimate children.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/48/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:24.032490+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}