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MAINTENANCE ORDERS (COMMONWEALTH OFFICERS) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 347

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 347

Issued by the Authority of the Attorney-General

Maintenance Orders (Commonwealth Officers) Act 1966

Maintenance Orders (Commonwealth Officers) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 8 of the Maintenance Orders (Commonwealth Officers) Act 1966 empowers the Governor-General to make regulations for the purposes of the Act.

As a consequence of the Government's decision to integrate Australian mariners with veterans under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940 was repealed by the Veterans' Affairs (1994-95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994.

Proposed Regulation 5 would amend paragraph 5(2)(b) to repeal the reference to the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940 and to reflect the relevant savings and transitional provisions contained in Division 2 of Part 3 of the Veterans' Affairs (1994-95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994. Division 2 of Part 3 provides for the continuation under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the payment of pensions, allowances, benefits and expenses that were granted under the repealed Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940 or the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Regulations., for the provision of medical treatment that was granted under the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Regulations; and for claims and applications that were begun under the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940 or the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Regulations.