INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS.
No. 31 of 1928.
An Act to amend sections four, thirty-one, forty-five and forty-seven of the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908–1926.
[Assented to 14th September, 1928.]
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 1928.
(2.) The Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908–1926 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908–1928.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Definition of “Income”.
3. Section four of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by inserting in paragraph (e) of the definition of “Income” after the words “War Pensions Act 1914–1916” the words “or of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1922”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (g) of the definition of “Income” the words “,to any person who is a dependant within the meaning of that Act” and inserting in their stead the words “or of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1922, to any person who is a dependant within the meaning of either of those Acts,”; and
(c) by adding at the end of the definition of “Income” the following paragraph—
“or (h) where income is being ascertained for the purpose of determining a claim for an old-age pension—by way of war pension under the War Pensions Act 1914–1916, or under the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920–1922, to any person who is a member of the Forces within the meaning of either of those Acts.”.
Recommendation by magistrate.
4. Section thirty-one of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “four shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “five shillings and sixpence”.
Pensioners in hospitals.
5. Section forty-five of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from the proviso thereto the words “four shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “five shillings and sixpence”.
Benevolent Asylum Inmates.
6. Section forty-seven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “four shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “five shillings and sixpence”.