Commonwealth act

Social Services Legislation Declaratory Act 1947

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

27 of 1947

Collection

act

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This Act confirms the validity of Australia’s early social security laws after the 1946 referendum, declaring them legally effective and backdating their operation to 19 December 1946. It preserves the legality of past decisions, payments and administrative actions under those welfare laws.

It matters because it removed legal doubt and ensured uninterrupted support for families, the unemployed, the elderly, returned servicemen and other beneficiaries.

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Social Services Legislation Declaratory Act 1947

SOCIAL SERVICES LEGISLATION DECLARATORY.

No. 27 of 1947.

An Act to declare that certain Enactments relating to Social Services have full force and effect, and for other purposes.

[Assented to 11th June, 1947.]

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.

This Act may be cited as the Social Services Legislation Declaratory Act 1947.

Commencement.

This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the nineteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six.

Certain Acts and Regulations declared to be in force.

3.—(1.) The provisions contained, at the commencement of this Act, in the enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act, and in any regulations made under any of those enactments, are declared to have full force and effect.

(2.) All things done before the commencement of this Act (including anything done for the purpose of bringing any provision into operation) in accordance with the provisions of any enactment (including any regulations) to which the last preceding sub-section applies (or under any such enactment in any previous form) shall, for the purposes of the operation of that enactment after the commencement of this Act, be deemed to have been effectively done.

THE SCHEDULE.

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Sec. 3.

Maternity Allowance Act 1912–1944.

Widows’ Pensions Act 1942–1946.

Child Endowment Act 1941–1945.

Unemployment and Sickness Benefits Act 1944.

Hospital Benefits Act 1945.

Education Act 1945.

Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908–1946, Part IVa.

Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945, Division 5 of Part II and Parts III,

IV and XI.

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