Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1967 No.

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REGULATION UNDER THE NATIVE MEMBERS OF THE FORCES BENEFITS ACT 1957-1966.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Native Members of the Forces Benefits Act 1957-1966.

Dated this twelfth day of October, 1967.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. Colin McKellar

Minister of State for Repatriation.

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Amendment of the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations 

First Schedule.

The First Schedule to the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting Table A and inserting in its stead the following table:—

TABLE A.—PENSIONS PAYABLE IN CASE OF DEATH OF MEMBER

Reg. 14 (1).(a).

Column 1	Column 2
Class of Person Eligible for Pension	Rate of Pension Payable
Per fortnight $
Widow of member..........................................................................................	26.00
Child of member—
(a)where (in the case of a child other than an ex-nuptial child) both the member and his wife are dead..............................................................	16.30
(b)where the last preceding paragraph does not apply and the Pensions Board or the Commission is satisfied that the child is not being maintained by a parent, adoptive parent or step-parent of the child	16.30
(c) in any other case—
(i) for a first child.....................................................................................	8.80
(ii) for a second and for each subsequent child..................................	6.50
Any other dependant of member..................................................................	9.00, or such lesser amount as the Minister from time to time determines.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1967.

 Statutory Rules 1965, No. 123, as amended by Statutory Rules 1966, Nos. 83 and 171.

     

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra

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