INTERIM FORCES BENEFITS.

No. 79 of 1950.

An Act to amend the Interim Forces Benefits Act 1947.

[Assented to 16th December, 1950.]

BE it enacted by the King’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 Interim Forces Benefits Act 1950.

(2.) The Interim Forces Benefits Act 1947 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Interim Forces Benefits Act 1947-1950.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the date of commencement of the Principal Act.

Definitions.

3. Section three of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in the definition of “member of the Interim Forces”, after the word “Commonwealth”, the words “for continuous service”.

Benefits of members of the Forces.

4. Section four of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “that date” and inserting in their stead the words “the date of that enlistment, re-engagement, appointment or re-appointment, as the case may be”.