National Health
No. 14 of 1967
An Act to amend the National Health Act 1953–1966 in relation to Pensioners.
[Assented to 8 May 1967]
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 National Health Act 1967.
(2.) The National Health Act 1953–1966 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the National Health Act 1953–1967.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the date on which the Social Services Act 1967 received the Royal Assent.
Interpretation.
3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1.) the definition of “pensioner” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
“‘pensioner’ means—
(a) a person to whom or in respect of whom—
(i) there is being paid an age pension, an invalid pension, a widow’s pension or a sheltered employment allowance under the Social Services Act 1947–1967; or
(ii) such a pension or allowance would be payable if the person were not receiving vocational training under Part VIII. of that Act,
other than such a person to whom or in respect of whom such a pension or allowance would not be payable if any amendment of that Act, not being an amendment of a rate of pension specified in that Act, made after the date on which the Social Services Act 1967 received the Royal Assent had not been made;
(b) a person to whom or in respect of whom there is being paid a service pension under the Repatriation Act 1920–1966, other than such a person to whom or in respect of whom such a pension would not be payable if—
(i) any amendment of that Act, not being an amendment of a rate of pension specified in that Act, made after the commencement of the Repatriation Act 1966 had not been made; and
(ii) any amendment of the Social Services Act 1947–1967, not being an amendment of a rate of pension specified in that Act, made after the date on which the Social Services Act 1967 received the Royal Assent had not been made; and
(c) a person to whom or in respect of whom there is being paid an allowance under the Tuberculosis Act 1948;”.
Saving of existing agreements.
4. The amendment made by the last preceding section shall not be construed as affecting the force or effect, after the commencement of this Act, of an agreement in force immediately before the commencement of this Act under section 32 or 33 of the Principal Act.
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