Native
Members of the Forces Benefits
No. 109 of 1965
An Act to amend section 3 of the Native Members of the Forces Benefits Act 1957,
and for purposes connected therewith.
[Assented
to 18 December, 1965]
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 Native Members of the Forces Benefits Act 1965.
(2.) The Native
Members of the Forces Benefits Act 1957, as amended by this Act, may be
cited as the Native Members of the Forces
Benefits Act 1957-1965.
Commencement.
2.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section,
this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
(2.) Section 3 of this Act shall be deemed to have
come into operation on the day on which the Native
Members of the Forces Benefits Act 1957 came into operation.
Definitions.
3. Section 3 of the Native
Members of the Forces Benefits Act 1957 is amended—
(a)by inserting in the definition of “native member of the Forces”, after the
words “aboriginal native”, the words “of Australia,”; and
(b) by inserting in paragraph (b)of the definition of “the Minister”,
after the words “aboriginal natives”, the words “of Australia or”.
Native
Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations.
4.