Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1927 No. 135.

 

Regulations under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920-1922.

 

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 1920-1922, to come into operation as from the twentyninth day of September 1927.

Dated this 23rd day of November one thousand nine hundred and

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

Minister in Charge of Repatriation.

Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations.

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

After Regulation 89P of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulation, the following regulations are inserted:—

Allowance to dependent child over the age of 16 years.

“89. The commission, having regard to the circumstances of the case, may grant to a dependant being the son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, adopted son or adopted daughter who

(a) is over the age of 16 years;

(b) was in receipt of a pension as the ‘child’ of a soldier;

(c) was, upon the termination of the ‘child’s’ pension, in the opinion of the commission, unable to earn a livelihood; and

(d) is not otherwise entitled to a pension under the regulations,

an allowance not exceeding the rate specified in column 2 of the First Schedule to the Act opposite the rate of pay of the member.

 

“89r. The commission or a Board may, subject to such conditions as are from time to time laid down by the commission, grant such allowance to the third or any subsequent child of a deceased or incapacitated soldier as will provide, together with pension payable in respect of that child, a sum equal to the pension payable to the second child of that soldier.”