Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1971 (Cth)

Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances

No. 18 of 1971

An Act to amend the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1970 so as to provide for Increases in the Rates of certain Pensions.

[Assented to 7 April 1971]

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 Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1971.

(2.) The Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1970 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1971.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of April, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.

Rates of pension on death or total incapacity.

3. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4a.) the words “Fifty-six dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Fifty-seven dollars”.

First Schedule.

4. The First Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

FIRST SCHEDULE Section 18.

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General Pension Rates—Death or Total Incapacity

Column 1								Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Rate of pay per day of the Australian mariner in the provided for by the Coinage Act 1909 or that Act as amended								Rate of pension payable per fortnight to widow on death of Australian mariner	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 Australian mariner on total incapacity
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	$	$	$
Not exceeding	1	2	6......................	32.00	14.00	24.00
Exceeding	1	2	6	but not exceeding	1	7	6......................	32.00	14.00	24.45
Exceeding	1	7	6	but not exceeding	1	15	0......................	32.90	14.90	25.45
Exceeding	1	15	0	but not exceeding	2	2	6......................	34.10	16.10	26.45
Exceeding	2	2	6	but not exceeding	2	10	0......................	35.30	17.30	27.35
Exceeding	2	10	0	..................................................................................				35.60	17.60	27.60

Application of amendments.

5.