INVALID AND OLD-AGE
PENSIONS.
No.
15 of 1923.
An Act to amend sections
seventeen, twenty-two, twenty-four, twenty-six, thirty-one, forty-five, and
forty-seven of the Invalid and Old-age
Pensions Act 1908-1920.
[Assented to 1st
September, 1923.]
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 Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1923.
(2.) The Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1920
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The
Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1923.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed
by proclamation
Conditions as to grant of pension.
3. Section seventeen of the Principal Act is
amended by omitting from paragraph (e)
thereof the words “Three hundred and ten” and inserting in their stead the
words “Four hundred”.
Conditions for grant of invalid pensions.
4. Section twenty-two of the Principal Act is
amended by adding at the end of sub-section (2.) thereof the words “or has
resided in Australia continuously for twenty years”.
Limit of pension.
5. Section twenty-four of the Principal Act is
amended—
(a)by omitting from sub-section (1.)
thereof the words “Thirty-nine pounds” (wherever occurring) and inserting in
their stead the words “Forty-five pounds ten shillings”; and
(b)by omitting from sub-section (1.)
thereof the words “Sixty-five pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Seventy-eight
pounds”.
Computation of income.
6. Section twenty-six of the Principal Act is
amended by omitting therefrom the words “Ten shillings” and inserting in their
stead the words “Twelve shillings and sixpence”.
Recommendation by magistrate.
7. Section thirty-one of the Principal Act is
amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) thereof the words “two shillings” and
inserting in their stead the words “three shillings”.
Pensioners entering asylums or hospitals.
8. Section forty-five of the Principal Act is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:—
“Provided that when a
pensioner has remained an inmate of a hospital for a period of twenty-eight
days he shall, upon the expiration of that period and so long thereafter as he
remains an inmate, be entitled to receive a pension at the rate of three shillings
per week.”.
9. Section forty-seven of the Principal Act is
repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Benevolent Asylum inmates.
“47. If a
successful claimant of a pension is an inmate of a benevolent asylum he shall
not, so long as he remains an inmate of such asylum, be entitled to receive a
full pension but shall be entitled to receive a pension at the rate of three
shillings per week.”.