WAR SERVICE HOMES (No. 2).

No. 93 of 1962.

An Act to amend section four of the War Service Homes Act 1918-1961, as amended by the War Service Homes Act 1962, in consequence of the enactment of the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962.

[Assented to 14th December, 1962.]

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 War Service Homes Act (No. 2) 1962.

(2.) The War Service Homes Act 1918-1961, as amended by the War Service Homes Act 1962, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section one of the War Service Homes Act 1962 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the War Service Homes Act 1918-1962.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962 comes into operation.

Interpretation.

3. Section four of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by adding after paragraph (f) of the definition of “Australian Soldier” in sub-section (1.) the words “, and includes a person who is a member of the Forces for the purposes of the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962;”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (d) of sub-section (2.), after the words “Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956”, the words “and before the commencement of the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962”; and

(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(3.) Where, in the case of a person, being a female, who is a member of the Forces for the purposes of the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962, the whole or any part of the service by reason of which she is such a member was service as a member of a nursing service, she shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1a.) of section nineteen, or of sub-section (2.) of section twenty, of this Act be deemed to be a person included in paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘Australian soldier’ in section four of this Act.”.