Statutory Rules
1976 No. 209
REGULATIONS UNDER the PAPUA NEW GUINEA (MEMBERS OF THE
FORCES BENEFITS) ACT 1957.*
I, the GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Papua New Guinea (Members of the Forces Benefits) Act 1957.
Dated this twenty second
day of September, 1976
John R. Kerr
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Repatriation.
Amendments of the Papua New Guinea (Members OF THE Forces Benefits) Regulations†
Repeal.
1. Regulation 17a of the Papua New Guinea (Members of the Forces Benefits). Regulations is repealed.
First Schedule.
2. The First Schedule to the Papua New Guinea (Members of the Forces Benefits) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—
FIRST SCHEDULE
GENERAL PENSION RATES
Regulation 9 (1)
Table A—Pensions Payable in Respect of a Deceased Member
Class of Person Eligible for Pension | Rate of pension payable |
| Per month |
| $ |
Widow of member............................................ | 65.00 |
Dependant of member under 16 years of age........................... | 12.70 |
Any other dependant of member................................... | 10.50 |
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 28 September 1976.
† Statutory Rules 1961, No. 73, as amended by Statutory Rules 1961, No. 112; 1970, No. 62; and 1975, No. 98
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First Schedule—continued
Tables B—Pensions Payable in Respect or a Member Who is Totally Incapacitated
Class of Person Eligible for Pension | Rate of pension payable |
| Per month |
| $ |
Member................................................... | 96.00 |
Wife of member.............................................. | 6.75 |
Dependant of member under 16 years of age........................... | 3.00 |
Any other dependant of member................................... | 10.50 |
Application.
3. The rates of pension provided for in the Papua New Guinea (Members of the Forces Benefits) Regulations as amended by these Regulations apply to all instalments of pension falling due on or after 1 November 1976.
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