STATUTORY RULES.
1905. No. 69.
PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACTS 1903–4.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Defence Acts 1903-4 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations, to come into operation forthwith, as Provisional Regulations.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
T. PLAYFORD.
FINANCIAL AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
The following Regulation is added to Part IV. of the above Regulations, as paragraph 112a:—
112a. Compensation to the widow and children of a member of the Militia or Volunteer Forces killed when on duty, or who dies from injury received or disease contracted on duty.
Compensation may be recommended by a Board appointed to inquire into the case, to the widow and children of any member of the Militia or Volunteer Forces who is killed when on duty, or dies of any injury received or disease contracted on duty, if the death, injury, or disease was not due to the member’s default.
The compensation shall (unless there are special circumstances which, in the Minister’s opinion, justify payment of the compensation in one sum) be in the form of an allowance of £5 a month for a widow, and of 10s. each per month for all children until they attain the age of fifteen years, provided, however, that such allowances shall cease three years after the death of the member, or in the event of the widow marrying again.
In instances where these Regulations do not meet the circumstances of individual cases, they may be specially considered and dealt with by the Governor-General in Council.
No claim for compensation shall be considered unless made within twelve months after the death of the member.
By Authority: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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