Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 137.

REGULATION 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 Regulation under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920-1922, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this thirteenth day of August, 1925.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS. W. CRAWFORD,

for Minister of State for Defence.

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Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1925.

(Statutory Rules 1925—No. 110.)

1. Regulation 191 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

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

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

(b) who dies whilst an inmate of any institution under the control of the Department, 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 while therein is paid by the Department; or

(c) who dies in indigent circumstances.

(2) A Deputy Commissioner may grant a sum not exceeding £15 towards the funeral expenses of the widow or orphan (who dies in indigent circumstances) of a soldier whose death has resulted from war service.

 

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