Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1921. No. 50.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE 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 as from the 1st day of December, 1920.

Dated this twelfth day of March, 1921.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ARTHUR S. RODGERS,

Acting Minister of State for Repatriation.

 

Amendment of Australian Soldiers Repatriation Regulations 1920.

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

Parts.

1. Regulation 2 is amended—

(a) by inserting after the words and figures “Part VI.—Employment and Sustenance”, the following words and figures:—

“Part VIa.—Living Allowance”;

(b) by inserting after the words “Businesses, Plant, &c,” the following words and figure:—

“Division 3—Co-operative Businesses”.

2.After Division 2 of Part IX. of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations the following Division and Regulations are inserted:—

“Division 3.—Co-operative Businesses.

Conditions of eligibility of applicants for assistance under section. 48.

“112a. No application for assistance under section forty-eight of the Act shall be granted unless all the members of a co-operative business—

(a) are Australian soldiers within the meaning of the Act;

(b) are actively engaged in the working of the business; and

(c) satisfy the Commission that they have invested in the business Treasury Bonds issued under section thirteen of the War Gratuity Acts 1920, or cash, equal in amount to the amount of the loan for which application is made.

 

Conditions under which loans are granted

“12b. Loans may be granted, to the extent specified in section forty-eight of the Act, subject to the following conditions, viz.:—

(a) interest shall be payable on the full amount of the loan at such rate as the Commission determines;

(b) the period of the loan shall not exceed ten years;

(c) the loan shall be repaid in accordance with a schedule approved by the Commission;

(d) such security shall be given as the Commission considers necessary; and

(e) the provisions of regulations Nos. 49, 52, 53, 56 and 57 of these Regulations shall not apply to any loan granted in pursuance of this Division.”

3. “Regulation 89i of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Regulations 1920 is amended by omitting from paragraph (2) thereof the word “means” and inserting in its stead the word “includes”.

  

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