Financial Emergency (War Pensions) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1931. No. 110.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY ACT 1931.

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 Financial Emergency Act 1931, to come into operation on 27th August, 1931.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of August, 1931.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

J. McNEILL

Minister of State for Repatriation.

 

Financial Emergency (War Pensions) Regulations.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Emergency (War Pensions) Regulations.

Reduction, &c., of War Pensions.

2. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920-1930—

(a) the rate of the pension payable to each child of an incapacitated member of the Forces shall not exceed Twelve shillings per fortnight;

(b) where a claim for pension has been lodged by a dependant (not being the wife, widow or child of a member of the Forces, or the widowed mother of a deceased unmarried member of the Forces where she became a widow either prior to or within three years after the death of the member), a pension shall be granted only if the dependant is deemed by the Commission to be without adequate means of support.

(c) any pension payable to a dependant (not being the wife, widow or child of a member of the Forces, or the widowed mother of a deceased unmarried member of the Forces where she became a widow either prior to or within three years after the death of the member), shall be subject to review and if the dependant is deemed by the Commission not to be without adequate means of support the Commission may reduce or cancel the pension according to the circumstances of the case.

(d) the rate of pension, payable, to the wife of an incapacitated member of the Forces whose rate of pay was, at the time of the occurrence of the event which resulted in his incapacity, in excess of Thirteen shillings per diem shall not in any case exceed Thirty-six shillings per fortnight, less twenty-two and one-half per centum.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

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