Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REPATRIATION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 129, 1978 - SECT 21

21. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting-

''RATE FOR SPECIAL PENSIONS-$166.50 PER FORTNIGHT''

and substituting-

''RATE FOR SPECIAL PENSIONS-$203.80 PER FORTNIGHT''; and

   (b)  by omitting-

''The Commission may grant a pension not exceeding the Special Rate of Pension
to a member of the Forces who is suffering from tuberculosis and who has been
an inmate of an establishment for persons so suffering: Provided that pension
under this paragraph shall not be payable after the member's discharge from
the establishment unless the medical officer in charge of the establishment,
or a medical practitioner approved by the Commission, has certified that his
being discharged is not a menace to public health.''.