Interim Forces Benefits Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1969 No. 176

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERIM FORCES BENEFITS ACT 1947-1967.*

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 Interim Forces Benefits Act 1947-1967.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of October, 1969.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. W. SWARTZ

Minister of State for Civil Aviation for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Repatriation.

 

Amendments of the Interim Forces Benefits Regulations

Expenses of travelling for medical treatment or pension purposes.

1.—(1.) Regulation 14 of the Interim Forces Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(4.) The amount payable under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not, unless the Commission considers that there are special circumstances justifying the payment of a greater amount, exceed—

(a) where the amount is payable in respect of travelling to or returning from a Capital City—Twelve dollars fifteen cents per person per day; or

(b) in any other case—Nine dollars fifty cents per person per day.”.

(2.) The amendment made by the last preceding sub-regulation applies in relation to expenses incurred on the date of commencement of the Repatriation Act 1969 or on any subsequent date.

Attendance Allowance.

2.—(1.) Regulation 14a of the Interim Forces Benefits Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Eighty-five cents” and inserting in their stead the words “One dollar”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “One dollar twenty-eight cents” and “Six dollars eighty cents” and inserting in their stead the words “One dollar fifty cents” and “Eight dollars”, respectively; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the words “Thirteen dollars sixty cents” and inserting in their stead the words “Sixteen dollars”.

(2.) An amendment made by the last preceding sub-regulation applies in relation to an attendance on the date of commencement of the Repatriation Act 1969 or on any subsequent date.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 6 November 1969.

  Statutory Rules 1947, No. 108, as amended by Statutory Rules 1948, Nos. 82, 136 and 138; 1950, No. 97; 1951, No. 8; 1953, No. 7; 1961, No. 118; 1965, No. 127; 1967, No. 151; and 1968, No. 124.

 

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