Repatriation (Special Overseas Service)
No. 80 of 1972
An Act to amend the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962–1968 so as to provide Benefits for certain Student Children.
[Assented to 27 September 1972]
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 (Special Overseas Service) Act 1972.
(2.) The Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962–1968 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962–1972.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation.
3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the definition of “child” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
“‘child’, in relation to a member of the Forces, means a son, stepson or adopted son, or a daughter, step-daughter or adopted daughter, of the member—
(a) who is under the age of sixteen years; or
(b) who—
(i) has attained the age of sixteen years but is under the age of twenty-one years;
(ii) is receiving full-time education at a school, college or university; and
(iii) is not in receipt of an invalid pension under Part III. of the Social Services Act 1947–1972,
and includes such a child who is an ex-nuptial child of the member;”.
Regulations.
4. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) the words “whether under the age of sixteen years or not” and inserting in their stead the words “whether children as defined by section three of this Act or not”.