INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

No. 7 of 1945.

An Act to amend the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1944.

[Assented to 27th June, 1945.]

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 Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1945.

(2.) The Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1944 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1945.

Commencement.

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

Limit of pension.

3. Section twenty-four of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Seventy pounds four shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Eighty-four pounds ten shillings”.

Recommendation by Magistrate.

4. Section thirty-one of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “Nine shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eleven shillings and sixpence”.

Benevolent asylum inmates.

5. Section forty-seven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Nine shillings and sixpence” and inserting in their stead the words “Eleven shillings and sixpence”.

Application of amendments.

6. The amendments effected by this Act shall apply in relation to the instalment of pensions falling due on the fifth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five, and to all subsequent instalments.