DECEASED SOLDIERS’ ESTATES.
No. 23 of 1919.
An Act to amend the Deceased Soldiers’ Estates Act 1918.
[Assented to 28th October, 1919.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Deceased Soldiers’ Estates Act 1919.
(2.) The Deceased
Soldiers’ Estates Act 1918 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Deceased Soldiers’
Estates Act 1918–1919.
Commencement.
2.This
Act shall be deemed to have commenced upon the date of commencement of the
Principal Act.
Amendment
of s. 3.
3. Section
three of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “killed”, the
words “(whether before or after the commencement of this Act),”.
Amendment of s.
13.
4.Section
thirteen of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following sub-section:—
“(2.)The regulations made pursuant to this
section shall, if the regulations so provide, have effect as from the
commencement of this section, or such later date as is specified in the
regulations.”.
Saving
of certain rights.
5.