Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations 1919 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 89.

REGULATION 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 regulations under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1917-1918, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of May, 1920.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. D. MILLEN,

Minister of State for Repatriation.

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Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1919.

(Statutory Rules 1919, No. 123, as amended by Statutory Rules 1919, Nos. 263, 274, 276, 278, 290, and 295, 1920, Nos. 11, 12, 13, 28, 42, 44, and 66.)

1. Regulation 72 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations is amended by adding the following words at the end thereof:—

“and if, upon any further application, the Departmental Medical Officer is of opinion that the applicant has aggravated his disability or retarded his recovery by misconduct, neglect, or any wilful act, treatment may be refused by the Deputy Comptroller, or alternatively treatment may he provided without sustenance or living allowance,”

  

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