Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1933. No. 133.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION ACT 1920-1931.

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 1920-1931.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of November, 1933.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. W. C. MARR

Minister of State for Repatriation.

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Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1925, No. 110, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 3 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations is amended by inserting, before the definition of “Wife”, the following definitions:—

“‘War Pension’ means a pension under the Act;

‘Widow’ includes a person who is eligible for a war pension under section thirty-six of the Act;

‘Widowed Mother’ means a widowed mother of—

(a) a deceased unmarried soldier; or

(b) a deceased unmarried soldier who was born out of wedlock and brought up by her,

who became a widow prior to or within three years after the death of the soldier; and includes an unmarried mother of a deceased unmarried soldier who was brought up by her;

‘Widowed Stepmother’ means a widowed stepmother of a deceased unmarried soldier who became a widow prior to or within three years after the death of the soldier;”.

2. Regulation 89c of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations is amended by omitting the proviso.

3. Regulation 103a of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations is amended—

(a)by inserting in sub-regulation (1) after the word “mothers” the words “and widowed stepmothers”; and

(b)by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the definitions of “Deceased soldier”, “Widow” and, “Widowed mother of a deceased unmarried soldier”.

4. Regulation 191 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(2.) A Deputy Commissioner may grant a sum not exceeding £15 towards the funeral expenses of any of the following persons who die in indigent circumstances:—

(a) a widow of a deceased soldier;

(b) a child (under the age of sixteen years) of a deceased soldier;

(c) a widowed mother of a deceased unmarried soldier;

(d) a widowed stepmother of a deceased unmarried soldier.”

5. The foregoing regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1933.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.