Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Act (No. 2) 1947 (Cth)

AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION (No. 2).

No. 74 of 1947.

An Act to amend the Australian Soldiers Repatriation Act 1920–1946, as amended by the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1947 and by the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1947.

[Assented to 5th December, 1947.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act (No. 2) 1947.

 

(2.) The Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1946, as amended by the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1947 and by the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1947, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section one of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1947 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1947.

Commencement

2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.After section one hundred and eighteen of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Part IV.:—

Regulations

“118a.—(1.) The Governor-General may make regulations in relation to—

(a) the establishment of patriotic funds;

(b) the raising of moneys and acquiring of assets for patriotic funds;

(c) the control and distribution of moneys and assets raised or acquired by patriotic funds;

(d) the winding-up of patriotic funds and disposal of the assets and moneys of the funds; and

(e) the provision of penalties, not exceeding a fine of Fifty pounds or imprisonment for six months, for any breach of the regulations.

“(2.) In this section—

‘patriotic funds’ means any funds established, or to be established, for the purpose of providing comforts or financial or other assistance for—

(a) members of the Defence Force or their families or dependants;

(b) members of the Forces of any part of His Majesty’s dominions (other than Australia) or of any allied country; or

(c) war victims,

or for any similar purpose in connexion with the war, or for purposes including any such purpose;

‘the Defence Force’ includes any Force raised or maintained under the Defence Act 1903–1945, the Naval Defence Act 1901–1934 or the Air Force Act 1923–1941, whether in Australia or overseas, and the Australian Army Nursing Service;

‘the war’ means any war in which His Majesty became engaged on or after the third day of September, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.”.