Repatriation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 223

REGULATIONS UNDER THE REPATRIATION ACT 19201

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Repatriation Act 1920.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of October 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

EVAN ADERMANN

Minister of State for Veterans’ Affairs

—————

AMENDMENTS OF THE REPATRIATION REGULATIONS2

Subsistence allowance

1. Regulation 46c of the Repatriation Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “ $22.50 ”and substituting “ $41.15 ”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2) “ $17.00 ” and substituting “ $34.50 ”.

Expenses of travelling for medical treatment by eligible persons

2. Regulation 73a of the Repatriation Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) “ $45.00 ” and substituting “ $82.30 ”;

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) “ $22.50 ”and substituting “ $41.15 ”;

(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4) “ $34.00 ” and substituting “ $69 ”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4) “ $17.00 ” and substituting “ $34.50 ”.

Expenses of travelling for medical treatment or pension purposes

3. Regulation 74 of the Repatriation Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) “ $45.00 ”and substituting “ $82.30 ”;

(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) “ $22.50 ” and substituting “ $41.15 ”;

(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4) “ $34.00 ” and substituting “ $69 ”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4) “ $17.00 ” and substituting “ $34.50 ”.

Severely incapacitated members

4. Regulation 104a of the Repatriation Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “ $36.00 ”and substituting “ $40 ”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “ $18.00 ” and substituting “ $20 ”.

Funeral expenses

5. Regulation 179 of the Repatriation Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “One hundred dollars” and substituting “ $300 ”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(c) who dies—

(i) in an institution;

(ii) while proceeding to or from an institution; or

(iii) after being discharged while terminally ill from an institution with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner,

being an institution to which he had been authorized to proceed for any purpose under regulation 64, 65, 65a, 66 or 72,”; and

• (c) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “One hundred dollars “and substituting

   “ $300 ”.

Clothing allowance

6. Regulation 180a of the Repatriation Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following table:

Column 1	Column 2
Description of disability	Rate per fortnight
$
One leg and one arm amputated................................	3.00
One leg or one arm amputated..................................	1.50
Both legs or both arms amputated.............................	2.00
One leg amputated (causing essential hip disarticulation)	2.00

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “ Two dollars ten cents ” (wherever occurring) and substituting “ $3.00 ”; and

• (c) by omitting from sub-regulation (4)” Twenty-eight dollars sixty cents “ and substituting

   “$39 ”.

Commencement and application

7. (1) The amendments made by regulations 1 to 5 (inclusive) shall come into operation on 1 November 1979.

(2) The amendment made by regulation 6 applies in relation to any instalment of allowance that falls due on the first allowance pay day occurring after 31 October 1979 and to all subsequent instalments.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 October 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1943 No. 233 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1979 No. 53 and see also