Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances
No. 16 of 1972
An Act to amend the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1971 so as to provide for Increases in the Rates of certain Pensions.
[Assented to 24 April 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 Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1972.
(2.) The Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1971 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1972.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Rates of pension on death or total incapacity.
3. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4a.) the words “Sixty dollars fifty cents” and inserting in their stead the words “Sixty-two dollars fifty cents”.
First Schedule.
4. The First Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—
FIRST SCHEDULE Section 18.
General Pension Rates—Death or Total Incapacity.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |||||||
Rate of pay per day of the Australian mariner in the currency provided for by the Coinage Act 1909 or that Act as amended | Rate of pension payable per fortnight to widow on death of Australian mariner | Aggregate of rates of pensions payable per fortnight to dependants other than widow and children on death of Australian mariner | Rate of pension payable per fortnight to Australian mariner on total incapacity | |||||||
| £ | s. | d. |
| £ | s. | d. | $ | $ | $ |
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| Not exceeding | 1 | 2 | 6 | 36.50 | 14.00 | 24.00 |
Exceeding | 1 | 2 | 6 | but not exceeding | 1 | 7 | 6 | 36.50 | 14.00 | 24.45 |
Exceeding | 1 | 7 | 6 | but not exceeding | 1 | 15 | 0 | 37.40 | 14.90 | 25.45 |
Exceeding | 1 | 15 | 0 | but not exceeding | 2 | 2 | 6 | 38.60 | 16.10 | 26.45 |
Exceeding | 2 | 2 | 6 | but not exceeding | 2 | 10 | 0 | 39.80 | 17.30 | 27.35 |
Exceeding | 2 | 10 | 0 | ................... | 40.10 | 17.60 | 27.60 | |||
Application of amendments.
5. In so far as an amendment made by this Act affects instalments of pensions, the amendment applies in relation to an instalment of a pension falling due on the first pension pay day after the date of commencement of this Act and to all subsequent instalments.