INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS.
No. 22 of 1917.
An Act to amend sections Four and Twenty-two of the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1916.
[Assented to 13th September, 1917.]
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 Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1917.
(2.) The Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1916, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1917.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
Amendment of s. 4
3. Sub-section (1.) of section four of the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1916 is amended by adding, after paragraph (d) in the definition of “Income”, the following paragraphs:—
“or
(e) by the Commonwealth, to any person by reason of his dependence on a member of the Forces within the meaning of the War Pensions Act 1914-1916, or
(f) by the Commonwealth in pursuance of an allotment made by a member of the Forces within the meaning of that Act, or
(g) by way of war pension under the provisions of the War Pensions Act 1914-1916, to any person who is a dependant within the meaning of that Act.”
Amendment of s. 22.
4. Sub-section (1.) of section twenty-two of the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1916 is amended by omitting from paragraph (h) thereof the words “wife, or children”, and inserting in their stead the words “or wife”.