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Defence Act 1953

Authoritative Version
  • - C1953A00020
  • No longer in force
Act No. 20 of 1953 as made
An Act to amend the Defence Act 1903-1952.
Date of Assent 09 Apr 1953
Date of repeal 24 Jun 2014
Repealed by Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Act 2014

DEFENCE.

 

No. 20 of 1953.

An Act to amend the Defence Act 1903-1952.

[Assented to 9th April, 1953.]

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 Defence Act 1953.

(2.)  The Defence Act 1903-1952, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Defence Act 1903-1953.


 

Commencement.

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

Regulations.

3.     Section one hundred and twenty-four of the Defence Act 1903-1952 is amended—

(a) by inserting after paragraph (qb) of sub-section (1.) the following paragraph:—

“(qba) The provision and maintenance of, and the execution of work in connexion with, the graves of persons who have died—

(i) while on service as members of the Defence Force; or

(ii) as a result of service as members of the Defence Force;”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the words “paragraphs (qb), (qe) and (qf)and inserting in their stead the words “paragraphs (qb), (qba), (qe) and (qf)”.