Returned Soldiers Settlement (Amendment) Act 1919 (NSW)

MENT	(AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 51, 1919.

An A c t to make further provision with regard to the

se t t l emen t o f r e tu rned or discharged soldiers

or sai lors ; to dispense with the payment o f
cer ta in fees ; to waive cer ta in payments to the Crown ; to ex t end the t ime for appraise­ m e n t o f capital value and rent , and for

effecting improvements in lieu o f paying ren t

in certain cases ; to provide for the revalua­ t ion o f lands held by re tu rned or discharged soldiers or sailors ; to amend the R e t u r n e d

Soldiers	S e t t l e m e n t	Ac t ,	1 9 1 6 , t he	R e t u r n e d
Soldiers	S e t t l e m e n t	( A m e n d m e n t )	A c t ,	1 9 1 7 ,
the	Crown	Lands	Ac t s , the	Closer S e t t l e m e n t

Ac t s ,

the

I r r iga t ion

Ac t ,

1 9 1 2 , and

cer ta in

o ther Ac t s ; and for purposes

consequent ia l

thereon	or inc identa l the re to .	[Assented to ,
2 3 r d	D e c e m b e r ,	1 9 1 9 . ]

1. This Act may be cited as the " Returned Soldiers

Settlement (Amendment) Act, 1919."

In this Act, the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act,

1919, as amended by the Returned Soldiers Settlement
(Amendment) Act, 1917, is referred to as the Principal

2.     The Principal Act is amended as follows :—

(i) Section two, subsection one :—

Before " enlisted " each time it occurs inser t" was appointed as an officer or "

Paragraph (c) : Before " has received his dis­ charge " insert "has had his appointment terminated or "

After " a n d is resident in the Common­ wealth" where secondly occurring insert " o r any person who, having been resident in the Commonwealth, was, while so resident, called up for active service by His Majesty or His

Majesty's allies in the present war, and served

in the naval or military forces of such allies outside the Commonwealth, and had his ap­ pointment terminated or received his discharge and is resident in the Commonwealth. The

Minister may also extend the above definition