AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ REPATRIATION (NO. 2).
No. 24 of 1937.
An Act to amend sections twenty and twenty-one of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1937.
[Assented to 16th September, 1937.]
BE it enacted by the King’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 Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act (No. 2) 1937.
(2.) The Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1936, as amended by the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1937, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1937 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1937.
Commissioners and members not subject to Commonwealth Public Service Act.
2. Section twenty of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
“(2.) Where an officer appointed under section twenty-one of this Act is appointed as Commissioner or member of a Board he shall retain all his existing and accruing rights and shall be eligible for any additional rights conferred on officers appointed under that section as if his service as Commissioner or member were a continuation of his service as such an officer.”.
Appointment of officers.
3. Section twenty-one of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub section (3.) the following sub-sections:—
“(3a.) Where the Minister, on the recommendation of the Commission, directs by notice published in the Gazette that an officer appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be an ‘employee’ within the meaning of section four of the Superannuation Act 1922–1934, that officer shall be deemed to be an ‘employee’ within the meaning of that section as from the date of the publication of the notice.
“(3b.) The last preceding sub-section shall apply to a Commissioner or member of a Board who was, immediately prior to his appointment as Commissioner or member, an officer employed under this Act as if he had remained such an officer.”.