Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances (No. 2)

No. 69 of 1971

An Act to amend the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1970, as amended by the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1971, so as to provide for Increases in the Rates of certain Pensions and Allowances.

[Assented to 29 September 1971]

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 (No. 2) 1971.

(2.) The Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1970, as amended by the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1971, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.


(3.) Section 1 of the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1971 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940–1971.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Rates of pensions on death or total incapacity.

3. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (4a.) the words “Fifty-seven dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Sixty dollars fifty cents”;

(b) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (7.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(a) in the case of his death—Fourteen dollars per fortnight in respect of each child; or”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-section (8.) the words “Twenty-four dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Twenty-eight dollars”.

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 The First Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—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.

$

$

$

 

 

 

 

Not exceeding

1

2

6

34.50

14.00

24.00

Exceeding

1

2

6

but not exceeding

1

7

6

34.50

14.00

24.45

Exceeding

1

7

6

but not exceeding

1

15

0

35.40

14.90

25.45

Exceeding

1

15

0

but not exceeding

2

2

6

36.60

16.10

26.45

Exceeding

2

2

6

but not exceeding

2

10

0

37.80

17.30

27.35

Exceeding

2

10

0

........................

38.10

17.60

27.60


Second Schedule.

5. The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—

SECOND SCHEDULE Section 21.

——

Allowance for Attendant.

Column 1

Column 2

Description of Disability

Allowance for attendant

 

$

Blind or with eyesight so defective as to have no useful sight..............

19

An injury affecting the cerebro-spinal system or causing incapacity similar in effect and severity 

19

Loss of two arms...........................................

32

Loss of two legs and one arm...................................

19

Loss of one leg at the hip and of the other either at the hip or in the upper third...

19

Application of amendments.

6. In so far as an amendment made by this Act affects instalments of pensions or allowances, the amendment applies in relation to an instalment of a pension or of an allowance, as the case may be, falling due on the first pension pay day after the date of commencement of this Act and to all subsequent instalments.