STATUTORY RULES
1971 No.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIVE MEMBERS OF THE FORCES BENEFITS ACT 1957-1968.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Native Members of the Forces Benefits Act 1957-1968.
Dated this nineteenth day of October, 1971.
Paul Hasluck
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
R. McN. Holten
Minister of State for Repatriation.
Amendments of the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations†
Rates of pension.
1. Regulation 14 of the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Fifty-seven dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Sixty dollars fifty cents”.
Attendant’s allowances for blind and other members.
2. Regulation 16 of the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Seventeen dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Nineteen dollars”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Twenty-eight dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Thirty-two dollars”;
(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Twenty-eight dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Thirty-two dollars”;
(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “Seventeen dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Nineteen dollars”; and
(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (5.) the words “Seventeen dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Nineteen dollars”.
First Schedule.
3. The First Schedule to the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting Table A and inserting in its stead the following Table:—
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1971.
† Statutory Rules 1965, No. 123, as amended by Statutory Rules 1966, Nos. 83 and 171; 1967, No. 140; 1968, No. 123; 1969, No. 194; 1970, No. 151; and 1971, No. 55.
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Column 1 | Column 2 |
Class of Person Eligible for Pension | Rate of Pension Payable |
| Per fortnight |
| $ |
Widow of member....................................... | 34.30 |
Child of member— |
|
(a) where (in the case of a child other than an ex-nuptial child) both the member and his wife are dead | 28.00 |
(b) where the last preceding paragraph does not apply and the Pensions Board or the Commission is satisfied that the child is not being maintained by a parent, adoptive parent or step-parent of the child | 28.00 |
(c) in any other case................................... | 14.00 |
Any other dependant of member.............................. | 9.00, or such lesser amount as the Minister from time to time determines. |
Second Schedule.
4. The Second Schedule to the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Seventy-eight dollars” (Wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Eighty-five dollars”.
Fourth Schedule.
5. The Fourth Schedule to the Native Members of the Forces (Torres Strait Islands) Benefits Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Rate of Pension in Respect of Specified Disabilities
Regs. 17 and 20
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Description of Disability | Amount |
| Per fortnight |
| $ |
Two arms amputated...................................... | 61.00 |
Two legs and one arm amputated.............................. | 61.00 |
Two legs amputated above the knee............................ | 61.00 |
Two legs amputated and loss of eye............................ | 61.00 |
One leg and one arm amputated and one eye destroyed............... | 61.00 |
One leg and one arm amputated.............................. | 61.00 |
One leg amputated above, and one leg amputated below, the knee........ | 22.40 |
Two legs amputated below the knee............................ | 15.00 |
One arm amputated and one eye destroyed....................... | 13.00 |
One leg amputated and one eye destroyed........................ | 13.00 |
One leg amputated above the knee............................. | 6.50 |
One leg amputated below the knee............................. | 3.40 |
One arm amputated above the elbow........................... | 6.50 |
One arm amputated below the elbow........................... | 3.40 |
Loss of vision in one eye................................... | 5.00 |
Application.
6. An amendment made by these Regulations applies in relation to an instalment of a pension or of an allowance, as the case may be, that fell due on the first pension pay day or allowance pay day, as the case may be, after the date of commencement of the Repatriation Act (No. 2) 1971 and to all subsequent instalments.
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