Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1930 No. 63.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION ACT 1920-1929.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulation under the Australian Soldiers Repatriation Act 1920-1929 to come into operation as from 12th February 1930.

Dated this eleventh day of June, 1930.

(sgd.) STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Frank Anstey

Minster for Repatriation.

 

Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulation.

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

Regulation 191 of the Australia soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations is hereby repealed and the following regulation is inserted in its stead:-

Grants for Funeral Expenses

“191 (1) A Deputy Commissioner may grant a sum not exceeding £15 towards the funeral expenses of a discharged soldier who dies-

(a) at any time as a result of war service;

(b) whilst an inmate of any institution under the control of the Department, or while he is a patient in any institution or while he is a patient in any institution or hospital to which he has been sent under arrangement with the Department or in which the cost of his treatment and maintenance is paid by the Department; or

(c) in indigent circumstances.

(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) the widow of a soldier whose death has resulted from war service;

(b) any person who was, prior to the death of a soldier whose death has resulted from war service, recognized as his wife though not legally married to him, and who is allowed a pension under the Act;

(c) the orphan (being a child under 16 years of age) of a soldier whose death has resulted from war service; and

(d) the widowed mother of an unmarried soldier whose death has resulted from war service.

 

(3) For the purpose of this regulation, “widowed mother of an unmarried soldier” means any of the following persons who become a widow prior to, or within three years after, the death of the soldier, namely:—

(a) the widowed mother of such a soldier;

(b) the widowed stepmother of such a soldier; and

(c) the widowed mother of such a soldier who was born out of wedlock and brought up by her, and includes the unmarried mother of such a soldier who is recognized as the widow of the father of the soldier, who died prior to, or within three years after, the death of the soldier.”.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer Canberra.