Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1921. No. 189.

REGULATIONS UNDERTHE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS' REPATRIATION ACT 1920.

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, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of September, 1921.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

E. D. MILLEN,

Minister of State for Repatriation.

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Amendment of Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1920.

(Statutory Rules 1920, No. 112, as amended by Statutory Rules 1920, Nos. 125, 150, 151, 236, 243, 247, and 1921, No. 50.)

1. Regulation 179 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1920 is amended by inserting after the word “benefits” (first occurring) the words “including the payment of any allowances or sum of money purporting to be a pension under Part III. of the Act.”

2.After regulation 179 of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1920, the following regulations are inserted:—

Power of Commission to confirm irregular grants.

179a. (1) Where a Deputy Commissioner or a Board or the Executive of a Country Local Committee has made either before or after the commencement of this regulation, a grant of benefits or assistance which is not authorized by these Regulations but which the Commission has power to grant under these Regulations, the Commission may, in its absolute discretion, authorize and confirm the grant so made, and the grant shall thereupon be deemed to have been made in pursuance of these Regulations.

(2) Nothing in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be construed as conferring any additional power on a Deputy Commissioner or a Board or the Executive of a Country Local Committee.

(3) Where, before the commencement of this regulation the Commission has purported to approve of any grant, by a Deputy Commissioner, or a Board or the Executive of a Country Local Committee of assistance or benefits which was not authorized by these Regulations the Commission shall be deemed to have authorized and confirmed the grant under this regulation.

Power of Commission to confirm grants purported to be made under Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1917-1918.

179b. (1) Where a Deputy Comptroller or a State Board or the Executive of a Country Local Committee appointed under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1917-1918 has made a grant of benefits or assistance which was not authorized by the Regulations made under that Act but which the Minister had power to grant under those Regulations, the Commission may, in its absolute discretion, authorize and confirm the grant so made and the grant shall thereupon be deemed to have been made in pursuance of those Regulations.

(2) Where, before the commencement of this regulation, the Commission has purported to approve of any grant by a Deputy Comptroller, or a State Board or the Executive of a Country Local Committee of assistance or benefits which was not authorized by those Regulations, the Commission shall be deemed to have authorized and confirmed the grant under this regulation.

     

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