Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1983

No. 70 of 1983

An Act relating to repatriation and related matters

[Assented to 24 October 1983]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1983.

Commencement

2. (1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 5 and sub-section 14 (2) shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on 1 November 1983.

(3) Section 4 shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE REPATRIATION ACT 1920

Principal Act

3. The Repatriation Act 19201 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Members of Commission

4. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of sub-section (3) “and one of the Commissioners to be deputy chairman of the Commission”;

(b) by omitting sub-sections (5) and (6); and

Variation of certain rates

5. Section 35aaa of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting “or the Rate for Special Pensions specified in Schedule 2” from the definition of “relevant rate” in sub-section (1) and substituting “, the Rate for Special Pensions specified in Schedule 2, the rate specified in paragraph 123ab (2) (a) or the rate specified in paragraph 123ab (2)(b)”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (4) (a) “paragraph (b)” and substituting “paragraphs (b) and (c)”;

(d) by omitting from paragraph (4) (b) “so calculated (in this paragraph referred to as the ‘calculated rate’)” and substituting “calculated under paragraph (a) for the purposes of a provision of Schedule 1 or 2”;

(e) by omitting from sub-paragraphs (4) (b) (i) and (ii) “calculated rate” and substituting “rate so calculated”; and

(f) by adding at the end of sub-section (4) the following word and paragraph:

“; or (c) where the rate calculated under paragraph (a) for the purposes of paragraph 123ab (2) (a) or (b) is not a multiple of $52 per annum, the rate so calculated shall be increased to the nearest higher rate that is a multiple of $52 per annum.”.

Payment of pensions

6. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of sub-section (3) “or 98aa”.

Appropriation for pensions, &c.

7. Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a) pensions, allowances under section 98a and allowances under section 98aa; and”.

Pensions, &c, absolutely inalienable

8. Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “and an allowance under section 98a” and substituting”, an allowance under section 98a and an allowance under section 98aa”.

Offences

9. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of sub-section (5) “or 98aa”.

Interpretation

10. (1) Section 83 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “Income” in sub-section (1).

(2) Section 83 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (c) of the definition of “Income” in sub-section (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(c) the value of emergency relief or like assistance;

(ca) the value of any assistance provided by an eligible organization within the meaning of the Homeless Persons Assistance Act 1974, being assistance by way of the provision of accommodation or meals or of a ticket, voucher or token that may be exchanged for accommodation or meals;

(cb) a payment under the Handicapped Persons Assistance Act 1974;

(cc) insurance or compensation payments made by reason of the loss of, or damage to, buildings, plant or personal effects;

(cd) moneys from the investment of payments of the kind referred to in paragraph (cc), being an investment for a period not exceeding 12 months or such longer period as the Commission, for any special reason in any particular case, allows;

(ce) a payment of domiciliary nursing care benefit under Part Vb of the National Health Act 1953;

(cf) a payment under a law of the Commonwealth, being a law having an object of assisting persons to purchase or build their own homes;”;

(b) by inserting “IIa,” before “VI” in paragraph (d) of the definition of “Income” in sub-section (1);

“(daa) a payment under section 98aa;”; and

(d) by omitting from sub-section (5) “wife” and substituting “spouse or de facto spouse”.

(3) The amendment made by sub-section (1) applies in relation to an instalment of pension falling due on 10 November 1983 and to all subsequent instalments.

Grant of service pensions

11. (1) Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

“(4) Where—

(a) a determination is in force under sub-section (2) in relation to the rate of service pension applicable to a member of the Forces; and

(b) the member has the custody, care and control of a child or children,

the maximum rate per annum of the service pension applicable to the member shall be increased by the amount per annum applicable under sub-section 28 (1aa) of the Social Security Act 1947.”.

(2) The amendment made by sub-section (1) applies in relation to an instalment of pension falling due on 8 December 1983 and to all subsequent instalments.

12. (1) After section 85 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Service pension for male carers of severely handicapped female service pensioners

“85aa. (1) Subject to this Act, the Commission or a Board may grant a service pension to a man—

(a) whose wife is a severely handicapped woman who is receiving a service pension under section 84 or 85 as a member of the Forces; and

(b) who personally provides, in a matrimonial home of the man and the woman, constant care and attention in respect of the woman,

at a rate not exceeding the rate of pension per annum that would be applicable to him under the Social Security Act 1947 if he were qualified to receive a spouse carer’s pension under Division 6 of Part III of that Act.

“(2) Where a man who is personally providing constant care and attention in respect of a severely handicapped woman ceases temporarily to provide that care and attention—

(a) for a continuous period of not more than 4 weeks in any period of 12 months; or

(b) for such other period as the Commission, for any special reason in any particular case, approves in writing,

the man shall not be taken to cease to be entitled to a service pension under this section by virtue only of that cessation.

“(3) In this section, ‘severely handicapped woman’ means a woman who—

(a) has a physical or mental disability;

(b) by reason of that disability, needs constant care and attention; and

(2) A person is not eligible to receive a service pension under section 85aa of the Repatriation Act 1920 before 8 December 1983.

(3) Where—

(a) a person becomes eligible to receive a service pension under section 85aa of the Repatriation Act 1920 before 8 March 1984; and

(b) the person makes a claim for the pension after the person became eligible to receive the pension but before 8 March 1984,

the Commission or a Board may determine that the claim shall be taken, for the purposes of that Act, to have been lodged on the day on which the person became so eligible.

Restrictions as to dual pensions

13. Section 86 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “and” (last occurring); and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (b) the following paragraph:

“(ba) a person is not entitled to receive at the same time a service pension and an allowance under section 9 of the Tuberculosis Act 1948; and”.

Variation of rate of service pension according to income

14. (1) Section 87 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:

“(1) A service pension shall not be granted at a rate that exceeds the highest rate at which—

(a) in a case to which paragraph (b) or (c) does not apply—an age pension;

(b) if the grant is to be made to a woman by reason that she is the wife of a member—a wife’s pension; or

could be payable to the service pensioner under Part III of the Social Security Act 1947 if the service pensioner were qualified to receive an age pension, a wife’s pension or a spouse carer’s pension, as the case may be, under that Part.”; and

(b) by inserting after sub-section (1c) the following sub-section:

“(1d) Sub-section (1b) or (1c) does not apply to a claimant or pensioner if—

(a) the claimant or pensioner would, but for sub-section 98aa (3), be eligible to receive an allowance under section 98aa; and

(b) the sum of the amount of a fortnightly instalment of pension that would be payable to the claimant or pensioner if sub-section (1) were applicable to the claimant or pensioner and the amount per fortnight of allowance under section 98aa that would be payable to the claimant or pensioner if the

claimant or pensioner were eligible to receive that allowance is greater than the amount of a fortnightly instalment of pension payable to the claimant or pensioner in accordance with sub-section (1b) or (1c).”.

(2) Section 87 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1b) the words and paragraphs after paragraph (c) and substituting the following:

“the annual rate at which that pension is granted shall not be less than the rate at which an age pension could be payable to the person under Part III of the Social Security Act 1947 if the person were qualified to receive an age pension under that Part and sub-section 28 (2ab) of that Act were applicable to the person.”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (1c) the words and paragraphs after paragraph (c) and substituting the following:

Payment of service pensions, &c.

15. Section 93 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “or 98aa” after “98a”.

Service pensioner in a public institution

16. Section 95 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the definition of “service pension” in sub-section (1) “or 98aa”.

Receipt of income, &c, to be notified

17. (1) Section 96 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting before sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

“(1a) In this section, ‘carer pensioner’ means a person in receipt of a service pension under section 85aa.”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (2) (a) “(other than a carer pensioner)” after “service pensioner”;

“(3) Subject to sub-section (6a), where the average weekly rate of the income, other than service pension, received in any period of 8 consecutive weeks by a carer pensioner who is not a person in receipt of an allowance under section 98a, is higher than $25 per week and is higher than the average weekly rate of the income last specified by him in an application, statement or notification under this Division, the pensioner shall, within 14 days after the expiration of that period, notify the Secretary at any address at the Department, of the amount of the income received by him in that period.”;

(d) by omitting from paragraph (6) (d) “or”;

(e) by inserting after paragraph (6) (d) the following paragraphs:

“(da) a carer pensioner permanently ceasing to provide constant care and attention in respect of the severely handicapped woman in relation to whom he is receiving his pension;

(db) the woman in relation to whom a carer pensioner is receiving his pension ceasing to be a severely handicapped woman; or”;

(f) by omitting from sub-section (6a) “or (2)” and substituting “, (2) or (3)”; and

(g) by inserting after sub-section (7) the following sub-sections:

“(7a) A carer pensioner shall not leave the matrimonial home of the person for a period exceeding 4 weeks without first giving notice to the Secretary at any address of the Department of his intention to do so.

“(7b) A person who is in receipt of a remote area allowance under section 98aa shall not leave the remote area for a period exceeding 8 weeks without first giving notice to the Secretary at any address of the Department of his intention to do so.”.

(2) Section 96 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the penalty set out at the foot thereof and substituting the following penalty:

“Penalty: $500.”.

(3) The amendment made by sub-section (2) does not apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this sub-section.

18. After section 98a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Remote area allowance

“98aa. (1) In this section, ‘remote area’ means those parts of Australia referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

“(2) Subject to sub-section (3), a person who—

(a) is in receipt of a service pension under section 84, 85 or 85aa; and

(b) is physically present in, and whose usual place of residence is situated in, the remote area,

is eligible to receive an allowance, to be known as remote area allowance, under this section.

“(3) A person to whom sub-section 87 (1b) or (1c) applies is not eligible to receive a remote area allowance.

“(4) For the purposes of this section, where a person whose usual place of residence is situated in the remote area is absent from the remote area for a period not exceeding 8 weeks, the person shall be taken to be physically present in the remote area during that period.

“(5) Sub-section (4) does not apply to a person in respect of any period during which the person is outside Australia.

“(6) Subject to sub-sections (7) and (8), the rate of a remote area allowance is—

(a) in the case of a person who—

(i) is not a married person; or

(ii) is a married person whose spouse is not eligible to receive an allowance under this section, an allowance under Part IIa of the Social Security Act 1947 or an allowance under the Tuberculosis Act 1948 the rate of which is determined having regard to residence in the remote area,

$14 per fortnight; or

(b) in any other case—$12 per fortnight.

“(7) Subject to sub-section (8), the rate of a remote area allowance applicable to a member of the Forces shall be increased by $7 per fortnight in respect of each child of the member.

“(8) An increase under sub-section (7) is not payable to a person in respect of a child unless the child is physically present in the remote area and the usual place of residence of the child is situated in the remote area.

“(9) A remote area allowance is not payable in respect of any period commencing before 10 May 1984.”.

On death of married person, widow, widower or children to receive certain benefits for 12 weeks

19. Section 98b of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of sub-section (8) “and a remote area allowance under section 98aa”.

Extension of application of Division 5 to members of Forces of a Commonwealth country

20. Section 98c of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “and “; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (b) the following paragraph:

“(ba) a man whose wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), is such a female member; and”.

Extension of application of Division 5 to members of Forces of an allied country

21. Section 98g of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “and”; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1) (b) the following paragraph:

“(ba) a man whose wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), is such a female member; and”.

Extension of application of Division 5 to Australian mariners

22. Section 98l of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “an Australian mariner” and substituting “a male or female Australian mariner”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “an Australian mariner; and” and substituting “a male Australian mariner;”; and

“(ba) a man whose wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), is such a female Australian mariner; and”.

Extension of application of Division 5 to Commonwealth mariners

23. Section 98p of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) “male or female” after “a”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “a Commonwealth mariner; and” and substituting “a male Commonwealth mariner;”; and

“(ba) a man whose wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), is a female Commonwealth mariner; and”.

Extension of application of Division 5 to allied mariners

24. Section 98r of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a) a male or female allied mariner;

(b) the wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), of a male allied mariner;

(ba) a man whose wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), is a female allied mariner; and”.

Extension of application of Act to certain female members of the Forces

25. Section 104 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1a) (a) “and”; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1a) (a) the following paragraph:

“(aa) a man whose wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), is such a member; and”.

Pensions to dependants of certain female members of the Forces

26. Section 106 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) (a) (i) “or” (last occurring); and

(b) by inserting after sub-paragraph (2) (a) (i) the following subparagraph:

“(ia) is receiving a service pension under section 85aa; or”.

Extension of application of Act to certain female members of the Forces

27. Section 107e of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1a) (a) “and”; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (1a) (a) the following paragraph:

“(aa) a man whose wife, as defined in sub-section 83 (1), is such a member; and”.

Service pensions for South African Veterans

28. Section 120 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “or 98aa” after “98a”.

Modification of Repatriation Regulations

29. Section 123a of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (2) (c) “and”; and

(b) by inserting after paragraph (2) (c) the following paragraph:

“(ca) the reference in sub-regulation (4) of that regulation to a person in receipt of a service pension under section 85aa of this Act did not include a reference to a prescribed person within the meaning of section 123ab of this Act; and”.

Schedule 2

30. (1) Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting “$46.60” and substituting “$51.80”; and

(b) by omitting “$93.20” and substituting “$103.60”.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply in relation to an instalment of allowance falling due on 10 November 1983 and to all subsequent instalments.

Schedule 3

31. (1) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from Table A “$66.40” (wherever occurring) and substituting “$73.80”; and

(b) by omitting from Table A “$33.20” and substituting “$36.90”.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply in relation to an instalment of pension falling due on 10 November 1983 and to all subsequent instalments.

Schedule 5

32. (1) Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from column 2 of the table in paragraph 1 “62.10” and substituting “69.10”;

(b) by omitting from column 2 of that table “42.00” and substituting “46.70”;

(d) by omitting from column 2 of that table “17.90” (wherever occurring) and substituting “19.90”;

(e) by omitting from column 2 of that table “9.50” (wherever occurring) and substituting “10.60”;

(f) by omitting from column 2 of that table “13.90” and substituting “15.50”;

(g) by omitting from column 3 of that table “93.20” and substituting “103.60”; and

(h) by omitting from column 3 of that table “46.60” (wherever occurring) and substituting “51.80”.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply in relation to an instalment of pension or allowance falling due on 10 November 1983 and to all subsequent instalments.

PART III—AMENDMENTS OF THE DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES ACT 1918

Principal Act

33. The Defence Service Homes Act 19182 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Payment of purchase money and repayment of advance, &c.

34. Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-paragraph (3a) (a) (i) the following sub-paragraph:

“(ia) insurance against any risks in relation to the dwelling-house, the land, any building materials on the site of the dwelling-house or any permanent domestic improvement of a structural nature that has been made to the dwelling-house or on the land (being risks in relation to which the Corporation is, under section 38, empowered to undertake insurance) under a contract of insurance with a person who has entered into an agreement with the Corporation as mentioned in paragraph 38 (4d) (b);”.

Insurance of dwelling-houses, &c.

35. Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from the end of paragraph (1) (c) “or”;

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following word and paragraph:

“; or (e) any permanent domestic improvement of a structural nature that has been made to a dwelling-house referred to in paragraph (a), (aa), (b) or (c) or on the land on which such a dwelling-house is erected and any building materials on the site of and for use in the erection of, or in relation to, such an improvement.”; and

“(1a) Subject to sub-section (2), the Corporation is empowered to undertake insurance against risks related to the land on which a

dwelling-house referred to in paragraph (1) (a), (aa), (b) or (c) is erected or on which a dwelling-house referred to in paragraph (1) (d) is being or is to be erected.”.

Validation of certain insurance payments, &c.

36. Where, at any time before the commencement of this section—

(a) the Corporation has, in connection with insurance of or in relation to property referred to in sub-section 38 (1) of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918, purported to undertake insurance of or in relation to other property, or against a particular risk; and

(b) the Corporation was not, under that sub-section, empowered to undertake insurance of that other property or against that risk,

then, notwithstanding anything in that Act—

(c) any payment made, or any other act or thing done, before the commencement of this section in connection with that other property, or in connection with that risk, being a payment made, or an act or thing done, by the Corporation in pursuance of insurance that it purported to undertake as mentioned in paragraph (a), shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been validly made or done, as the case may be; and

(d) the insurance that the Corporation purported to undertake as mentioned in paragraph (a) shall, for all purposes, including the purpose of making payments in respect of claims made, whether before or after the commencement of this section, under that insurance, be deemed to have been as validly and effectually undertaken, and to be as valid and effectual, as if, when the Corporation purported to undertake that insurance, it had been empowered under that Act to undertake that insurance.

PART IV—AMENDMENTS OF THE REPATRIATION (SPECIAL OVERSEAS SERVICE) ACT 1962

Principal Act

37. The Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 19623 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Extension of certain provisions of Repatriation Act

38. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) “member” and substituting “male or female member”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “member; and” and substituting “male member;”; and

“(ba) a man whose wife, as defined by sub-section 83 (1) of the Repatriation Act, is such a female member; and”.

Limitations on pensions to dependants of female members

39. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) (a) (i) “or” (last occurring); and

(b) by inserting after sub-paragraph (2) (a) (i) the following sub-paragraph:

“(ia) is receiving a service pension under section 85aa of the Repatriation Act; or”.

PART V—AMENDMENTS OF THE SEAMEN’S WAR PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1940

Principal Act

40. The Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 19404 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Rates of pension on death or total incapacity

41. (1) Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (7) (a) “$33.20” and substituting “$36.90”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (8) “$66.40” and substituting “$73.80”.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply in relation to an instalment of pension falling due on 10 November 1983 and to all subsequent instalments.

Schedule 2

42. (1) Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from column 2 “46.60” (wherever occurring) and substituting “51.80”; and

(b) by omitting from column 2 “93.20” and substituting “103.60”.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply in relation to an instalment of an allowance falling due on 10 November 1983 and to all subsequent instalments.

NOTES

1. No. 6, 1920, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 34, 1921; No. 23, 1922; No. 14, 1929; No. 74, 1930; Nos. 10 and 47, 1931; No. 32, 1934; No. 58, 1935; Nos. 29 and 67, 1936; Nos. 12, 24 and 42, 1937; No. 55, 1938; Nos. 37 and 96, 1940; No. 49, 1941; No. 22, 1943; No. 11, 1945; No. 49, 1946; Nos. 1, 29 and 74, 1947; No. 39, 1948; No. 38, 1949; Nos. 34 and 80, 1950; No. 31, 1951; No. 58, 1952; No. 69, 1953; No. 31, 1954; No. 39, 1955; Nos. 68 and 97, 1956; No. 44, 1957; No. 47, 1958; No. 58, 1959; No. 44, 1960; No. 46, 1961; Nos. 75 and 91, 1962; No. 47, 1963; Nos. 62 and 105, 1964; No. 64, 1965; No. 42, 1966; No. 64, 1967; Nos. 66 and 120, 1968; No. 95, 1969; Nos. 4 and 60, 1970; Nos. 17 and 68, 1971; Nos. 15, 82 and 139, 1972; Nos. 2, 27 and 104, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); Nos. 3, 24 and 90, 1974; Nos. 35, 56 and 111, 1975; Nos. 27,

91 and 112, 1976; No. 56, 1977; Nos. 129 and 170, 1978; Nos. 18 and 124, 1979; No. 129, 1980; Nos. 41, 61 and 160, 1981; Nos. 20, 80 and 100, 1982; and No. 36, 1983.

2. No. 43, 1918, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 28, 1919; No. 35, 1920; No. 18, 1923; No. 26, 1925; No. 47, 1926; No. 17, 1927; No. 13, 1929; Nos. 6 and 68, 1932; No. 63, 1934; No. 54, 1935; No. 25, 1937; No. 1, 1941; No. 8, 1946; Nos. 1, 38 and 71, 1947; No. 67, 1948; No. 24, 1949; No. 74, 1951; No. 69, 1954; No. 69, 1955; No. 100, 1956; No. 73, 1961; Nos. 2 and 93, 1962; No. 65, 1966; No. 93, 1966 (as amended by No. 3, 1967); No. 99, 1968; No. 120, 1971; No. 31, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 125, 1974; No. 25, 1975 (as amended by Nos. 91 and 185, 1976); No. 185, 1976; No. 79, 1977; Nos. 36 and 137, 1978; Nos. 4 and 128, 1980; and No. 80, 1982.

3. No. 89, 1962, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 108, 1964; No. 110, 1965; No. 93, 1966; No. 78, 1968; No. 80, 1972; No. 3, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 90, 1974; No. 129, 1978; No. 18, 1979; No. 160, 1981; and No. 100, 1982.

4. No. 60, 1940, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 77, 1946; No. 80, 1950; Nos. 17 and 75, 1952; No. 70, 1953; No. 32, 1954; No. 40, 1955; No. 45, 1957; No. 48, 1958; No. 59, 1959; No. 46, 1960; No. 47, 1961; Nos. 64 and 113, 1964; No. 65, 1965; No. 43, 1966; No. 102, 1967; No. 67, 1968; No. 96, 1969; No. 61, 1970; Nos. 18 and 69, 1971; Nos. 16 and 83, 1972; Nos. 6 and 106, 1973; Nos. 4, 25 and 90, 1974; Nos. 35 and 111, 1975; Nos. 27, 91 and 112, 1976; No. 56, 1977; No. 129, 1978; Nos. 18 and 124, 1979; No. 129, 1980; No. 160, 1981; and Nos. 80 and 100, 1982.