Repatriation Acts Amendment Act 1976 (Cth)

REPATRIATION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT

1976

No. 27 of 1976

An Act relating to Repatriation and related Matters.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Repatriation Acts Amendment Act 1976.

Commencement.

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

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE REPATRIATION ACT 1920-1975

Citation.

3. (1) The Repatriation Act 1920-1975 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Repatriation Act 1920-1976.

Schedule 1.

4. (1) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table: —

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
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 fortnight	per fortnight	per fortnight
17	82.50	59.60

 

(2) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is further amended by omitting from paragraph 6 the figures “$102.10” and substituting the figures “$108.60”.

Schedule 2.

5. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words—

“RATE FOR SPECIAL PENSIONS—$148.20 PER FORTNIGHT.”

and substituting the words—

“RATE FOR SPECIAL PENSIONS—$157.70 PER FORTNIGHT.”.

Schedule 5

6. Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting from, column 2 of the table in paragraph 1 the figures “92.20” (wherever occurring) and substituting the figures “98.10”.

PART III—AMENDMENTS OF THE SEAMEN’S WAR

PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1940-1975

Citation.

7. (1) The Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940-1975 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940-1976.

Rates of pension on death or total incapacity.

8. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4a) the figures “$102.10” and substituting the figures “$108.60”.

Schedule 1.

9. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—

SCHEDULE 1 Section 18

GENERAL PENSION RATES—DEATH OR TOTAL INCAPACITY

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Aggregate of rates of pensions payable per fortnight to dependants other than widow and children on death of Australian mariner
	Rate of pension payable per fortnight to widow on death of Australian mariner	Rate of pension payable per fortnight to Australian mariner on total incapacity
$	$	$
82.50	17.60	59.60

PART IV—APPLICATION OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS

Application of amendments.

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