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

STATUTORY RULES.

1920. No. 66.

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 Regulations under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1917-1918, to come into operation as from the thirteenth day of February, 1920.

Dated this twenty-second day of April, 1920.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. D. MILLEN,

Minister of State for Repatriation.

 

Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1919.

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

1. Regulation 36 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1919 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) thereof the words “subject to regulation 39,”.

2. After regulation 36 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1919 the following regulation is inserted:—

Application made after prescribed time.

“36a. (1) In the case of an ‘applicant who has failed to apply for sustenance within six months after the date of his discharge a Deputy Comptroller or the Executive of a Country Local Committee shall have power to grant sustenance, but such allowance shall not be continued for a period exceeding one week from the date of submission of the application unless the case has been reconsidered by the Deputy Comptroller and there are special circumstances connected therewith which, in his opinion, justify an extension of the period of payment of sustenance by him.

(2) The period for which sustenance may be paid under this regulation shall be in the discretion of the Deputy Comptroller, but shall in no case exceed six months.”

3. Regulation 39 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1919 is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Payment of sustenance to soldiers who have lost or refused employment.

“39. (1) No soldier who, since the date of his discharge, has been in employment for a period of six months or for periods aggregating six months shall be eligible for sustenance.

(2) Subject to sub-regulations (1) and (4), a Deputy Comptroller may grant sustenance to any soldier who furnishes proof to the satisfaction of a Deputy Comptroller or the Executive of a Country Local Committee that he has lost his employment through circumstances beyond his control.

(3) Subject to sub-regulations (1) and (4), the Executive of a Country Local Committee may grant sustenance to any soldier who furnishes proof to its satisfaction that he has lost his employment through circumstances beyond his control, but sustenance shall not be paid under this sub-regulation for more than four weeks without the approval of the Deputy Comptroller.

(4) A soldier who has accepted and lost employment or has failed to avail himself of an opportunity of employment shall not be eligible for sustenance if he has already received sustenance for a period of six months or for periods amounting to six months in the aggregate.”

  

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