Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations 1918 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 100.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION ACT 1917–1918.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1917–1918, to come into operation from the ninth day of December, 1918.

Dated the 23rd day of April, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. D. MILLEN,

Minister of State for Repatriation.

 

Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1918.

(Statutory Rules 1918 No. 88 as amended by Statutory Rules 1918 Nos. 179, 197, 215, 254, 296, 308, and 325, and Statutory Rules 1919 Nos. 20, 28, 44 and 55.)

1. After regulation 38 (a) of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

“38 (b)—(1) Where the granting of sustenance to a land settler who is in necessitous circumstances may reasonably be expected to insure the success of his undertaking, sustenance may be granted to a land settler at any time during the first two years of his occupancy for a period not exceeding, or periods not exceeding in the aggregate, six months, in accordance with the following scale:—

(a) To a soldier who is unmarried such amount as will insure to him a weekly income, inclusive of pension, of £1.

(b) To a soldier who is married such amount as will insure to him a weekly income, inclusive of pension or combined pensions, of £1 10s.

(c) For each child of a soldier a weekly amount of 2s. 6d.

Provided that the amount payable under paragraph (c) of this sub-regulation shall not be payable for more than four children of any one soldier.

(2) Where the land settler is operating under a scheme controlled by a State, the sustenance payable under this regulation shall be paid by and at the discretion of the State authority controlling the scheme.

(3) Where the land settler is not operating under a scheme controlled by a State, a State Board may grant the sustenance payable under this regulation after obtaining from a Local Committee a report on the application.”

 

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