INVALID
AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS.
No. 7 of 1945.
An Act
to amend the Invalid and Old-age Pensions
Act 1908-1944.
[Assented
to 27th June, 1945.]
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 1945.
(2.) The Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1944
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 1908-1945.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
Limit
of pension.
3. Section twenty-four of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
from sub-section (1.) the words “Seventy pounds four shillings” and inserting
in their stead the words “Eighty-four pounds ten shillings”.
Recommendation
by Magistrate.
4. Section thirty-one of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
from sub-section (2.) the words “Nine shillings and sixpence” and inserting in
their stead the words “Eleven shillings and sixpence”.
Benevolent
asylum inmates.
5. Section forty-seven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
the words “Nine shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eleven
shillings and sixpence”.
Application
of amendments.
6.