Repatriation Act (No. 2) 1970 (Cth)

Repatriation (No. 2)

No. 60 of 1970

An Act to amend the Repatriation Act 1920-1969, as amended by the Repatriation Act 1970, so as to provide for Increases in the Rates of certain Pensions and Allowances and for additional Repatriation Boards and to appropriate the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of certain Payments resulting from those amendments.

[Assented to 28 September 1970]

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 Repatriation Act (No. 2) 1970.

(2.) The Repatriation Act 1920-1969, as amended by the Repatriation Act 1970, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section 1 of the Repatriation Act 1970 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Repatriation Act 1920-1970.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Repatriation Boards.

3. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-section (1.) the following sub-section:—

“(1a.) Where it appears to the Governor-General that an additional Repatriation Board is required for a particular State, the Governor-General may establish an additional Repatriation Board for that State.”; and

(b) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the words “the Board” (wherever occurring), the words “or Boards”.

Members of Repatriation Boards.

4. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-section (1.) the following sub-section:—

“(1a.) Where a Repatriation Board is established under sub-section (1a.) of the last preceding section, the Governor-General

 

shall, upon the recommendation of the Commission, appoint three persons to be the members of that Board.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “each State” and inserting in their stead the words “a Board”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “the Board for the State in respect of which the list is submitted” and inserting in their stead the words “that Board”.

First Schedule.

5.—(1.) The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the scale and inserting in its stead the following scale:—

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Rank or Rating of the Member	Pension payable to Widowed Mother on Death of Member	Pension payable to Widow on Death of Member	Pension payable to Member on Total Incapacity
$	$	$
Per	Per	Per
fortnight	fortnight	fortnight
All ranks and ratings below Leading Seaman, Corporal and relative ranks and ratings.......................................................................	9.00	31.00	24.00
Leading Seam an, Corporal and relative ranks and ratings......	10.00	31.00	24.00
Petty Officer, Sergeant and relative ranks and ratings.............	10.30	31.00	24.00
Chief Petty Officer, Staff Sergeant, Flight Sergeant and relative ranks and ratings.............................................................................	10.55	31.00	24.00
Warrant Officer and relative ranks........................................	11.35	31.00	24.00
All commissioned ranks below Lieutenant (Navy), Captain (Army), Flight Lieutenant (Air Force) and relative ranks...........................	11.80	31.00	24.00
Lieutenant (Navy), Captain (Army), Flight Lieutenant (Air Force) and relative ranks...................................................................	12.80	31.00	24.45
Lieutenant-Commander, Major, Squadron Leader and relative ranks	13.90	31.90	25.45
Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel, Wing Commander and relative ranks	15.10	33.10	26.45
Captain (Navy), Colonel, Group Captain and relative ranks	16.30	34.30	27.35
All ranks higher than Captain (Navy), Colonel, Group Captain and relative ranks...............................................................................	16.60	34.60	27.60

(2.) The First Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph 6 the words “Fifty-three dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Fifty-six dollars”.

Second Schedule.

6. The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words—

“Rate for Special Pensions—Seventy-Two Dollars Per Fortnight.”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Rate for Special Pensions—Seventy-Six Dollars Per Fortnight.”.

Third Schedule.

7. The Third Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by omitting from Table A the figures “$20.30” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the figures “$24.00”;

 

(b) by omitting from Table A the figures “$10.80” and inserting in their stead the figures “$12.00”; and

(c) by omitting from Table A the figures “$8.50” and inserting in their stead the figures “$10.00”.

Fifth Schedule.

8. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the table in paragraph 1 and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Description of Disability	Amount	Allowance
$	$
Per	Per
fortnight	fortnight
Two arms amputated...................................................................	52.00	28.00
Two legs and one arm amputated.................................................	52.00	17.00
Two legs amputated above the knee.............................................	52.00	17.00
Two legs amputated and loss of eye..............................................	52.00	..
One leg and one arm amputated and one eye destroyed..................	52.00	..
One leg and one arm amputated...................................................	52.00	..
One leg amputated above, and one leg amputated below, the knee..	14.20	..
Two legs amputated below the knee.............................................	9.50	..
One arm amputated and one eye destroyed....................................	8.40	..
One leg amputated and one eye destroyed.....................................	8.40	..
One leg amputated above the knee...............................................	4.30	..
One leg amputated below the knee...............................................	2.70	..
One arm amputated above the elbow............................................	4.30	..
One arm amputated below the elbow............................................	2.70	..
Loss of vision in one eye.............................................................	3.60	..

Sixth Schedule.

9. The Sixth Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph 2 the words “Ten dollars” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Twelve dollars”.

Application of amendments.

10. In so far as an amendment made by this Act affects instalments of pensions or allowances, the amendment applies in relation to an instalment of a pension or of an allowance falling due on the first pension pay day after the date of commencement of this Act and to all subsequent instalments.

Appropriation.

11.—(1.) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of such expenditure in pursuance of the Principal Act as amended by this Act as results from this Act, being expenditure on or before the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.

(2.) The last preceding sub-section does not prevent the issue and application of moneys, for the purposes referred to in that sub-section, in pursuance of an appropriation made by an Act other than this Act (whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act).