EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES NO. 161
ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND EMPLOYMENT ACT 1945
RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND EMPLOYMENT (BRITISH EMPIRE AND ALLIED FORCES) REGULATIONS (REPEAL)
The Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945 (the Act) was introduced in 1945 to provide post-war assistance to an Australian member of the defence forces following his discharge from the forces. Section 5 of the Act extends several forms of assistance to a member of the Forces of an Allied or other Commonwealth country who migrated to Australia following the 1939-45 War.
Section 153 of the Act provides, in part, that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which are by the Act required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The Re-establishment and Employment (British Empire and Allied Forces) Regulations commenced operation in 1951. The assistance granted under the Regulations provided for the granting of loans and other associated benefits to enable a person to engage in or resume an occupation, business or practice following his discharge from the Forces and migrating to Australia.
There are no outstanding loans under these Regulations and the statutory time limits for the granting of loans and assistance have expired and, in view of this, the Regulations no longer operate.
The proposed Statutory Rules will repeal the Re-establishment and Employment (British Empire and Allied Forces) Regulations.