REPATRIATION (No. 2).
No. 97 of 1956.
An Act to amend the Repatriation Act 1920-1955, as amended by the Repatriation Act 1956, in consequence of the enactment of the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956.
[Assented to 15th November, 1956.]
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 Repatriation Act (No. 2) 1956.
(2.) The Repatriation Act 1920–1955, as amended by the Repatriation Act 1956, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Repatriation Act 1956 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Repatriation Act 1920–1956.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956 comes into operation.
Double pensions.
3. Section fifty of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section :—
“(2.) In this section—
‘member of the Forces’ includes—
(a) a person who is a member of the Forces for the purposes of Division 6, 7, 8 or 9 of this Part; and
(b) a person who is a member of the Forces for the purposes of the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956;
‘pension’ includes a pension under the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956.”.
Definitions.
4. Section eighty-three of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of paragraph (k) of the definition of “Income” the words “or under either of those Schedules as applied by section seven of the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956”.
Restrictions as to dual pensions.
5. Section eighty-six of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (a) of sub-section (3.) the following paragraph :—
“(aa) a pension payable under the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956 (but not including an attendant’s allowance payable under the Second Schedule or the Fifth Schedule to this Act as applied by section seven of that Act);”.