War Service Homes Regulations (Amendment)

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STATUTORY RULES.

1949. No. .

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WAR SERVICE HOMES ACT 1918-1948.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth, of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the War Service Homes Act 1918-1948.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of May, 1949.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellencys Command,

Minister of State for Works and Housing.

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Amendments of the War Service Homes Regulations.†

1. Regulation 19 of the War Service Homes Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:

Prescribed insurance risks.

19. For the purposes of section 38 of the Act, the risks other than fire to be insured against shall be—

(a) lightning, thunderbolt, flood, tempest, earthquake, explosion ;

(b) riot, civil commotion, strikes, labour disturbances ;

(c) burglary and housebreaking (including any attempt at burglary or housebreaking) ;

(d) bursting of boilers., hot-water pipes and heating apparatus ;

(e) depredation by borers and white ants in the first two years after the date of completion of, or the date on which the Director acquired an interest in, the dwelling-house ; and

(f) impact of aircraft (including parts of, and objects falling from, aircraft) and of road vehicles, horses and cattle not belonging to, or under the control of, the assured or occupier or any member of the family of the assured or occupier..

The Schedule.

2. The Schedule to the War Service Homes Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph 1 of Form A all the words from and including the words War Service Homes Act 1918-1935 to and including the word apparatus and inserting in their stead the words War Service Homes Act 1918-1948 insured against the risks of fire, lightning, thunderbolt, flood, tempest, earthquake, explosion, riot, civil commotion, strikes, labour disturbances, burglary and housebreaking

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1949.

† Statutory Rules 1930, No. 74, as amended by Statutory Rules 1945, No. 202; 1946, No. 66; 1947, No. 93; and 1949, No. 13.

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(including any attempt at burglary or housebreaking), bursting of boilers, hot-water pipes and heating apparatus, depredation by borers and white ants in the first two years after the date of completion of, or the date on which the Director acquired an interest in, the dwelling-house, and impact of aircraft (including parts of, and objects falling from, aircraft) and of road vehicles, horses and cattle not belonging to, or under the control of, the assurred or occupier or any member of the family of the assured or occupier .

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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

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