NATIONAL HEALTH (No. 2).
No. 95 of 1956.
An Act to amend section
twenty of the National Health Act 1953-1955, as amended by the National
Health Act 1956, in consequence of the enactment of the Repatriation
(Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956.
[Assented to 15th November, 1956.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’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 National
Health Act (No. 2) 1956.
(2.) Section
one of the National Health Act 1956 is amended by omitting sub-section
(3.).
(3.) The National
Health Act 1953–1955, as amended by the National Health Act 1956 and
by this Act, may be cited as the National Health Act 1953–1956.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on
which the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956
comes into operation.
Commonwealth benefit not payable
in respect of certain free treatment or certain examinations.
3. Section twenty of the National
Health Act 1953–1955, as amended by the National Health Act 1956, is
amended by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “Repatriation Act 1920–1953”
and inserting in their stead the words “Repatriation Act 1920–1956, the Repatriation
(Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956