Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1925. No. 76.

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REGULATION UNDER 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 twelfth day of May, 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 1920.

(Statutory Rules 1920, No. 112, as amended to this date.)

After regulation 89n of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Part VI.a:—

Dependents soldier dying after seven years after discharge.

“89o. (1) The Commission may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, grant to any of the persons included in the definition of ‘Dependants’ in section 22 of the Act, who—

(a) were dependent upon the earnings of a deceased soldier during the twelve months immediately prior to his enlistment, such allowance as would cover the extent of such dependence upon the soldier, or

(b) being parents not so dependent, are without adequate means of support, such allowances as will ensure to each parent an income from all sources not exceeding 30s. per week.

Provided that

(i) an allowance granted in respect of dependence shall not exceed the amounts specified in column two of the First Schedule to the Act, opposite to the rate of pay of the soldier; and

(ii) in respect of parents without adequate means of support, in no case shall the total amount granted to each parent exceed 20s. per week.

(2) This regulation shall not apply unless—

(a) the soldier’s death was due to an occurrence happening during the period he was a member of the Forces, and

(b) the soldier died after the expiration of seven years from the date of his discharge.

(3) The widow and children of a deceased soldier entitled to a war pension under section 40 of the Act shall not be granted an allowance under this regulation.

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