Social Services (No. 2)
No. 152 of 1965
An Act to amend the Social Services Act 1947–1964, as amended by the Social Services Act 1965, in relation to Decimal Currency.
[Assented to 18 December, 1965]
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 Social Services Act (No. 2) 1965.
(2.) The Social Services Act 1947–1964, as amended by the Social Services Act 1965, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section 1 of the Social Services Act 1965 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Social Services Act 1947–1965.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six.
Payment of pensions in instalments.
3. Section 41 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—
“(3.) Where a fortnightly instalment of pension ascertained in accordance with the last preceding sub-section, as affected by the Currency Act 1965, is not a multiple of Ten cents, the instalment of pension shall be increased or decreased to the nearest multiple of Ten cents, except where the instalment is a multiple of Five cents, in which case the fortnightly instalment shall be increased by Five cents.”.
Payment of pensions in instalments.
4. Section 70 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—
“(3.) Where a fortnightly instalment of pension ascertained in accordance with the last preceding sub-section, as affected by the Currency Act 1965, is not a multiple of Ten cents, the instalment of pension shall be increased or decreased to the nearest multiple of Ten cents, except where the instalment is a multiple of Five cents, in which case the fortnightly instalment shall be increased by Five cents.”.