Commonwealth act

Special Annuity Act 1936

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

45 of 1936

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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The Act directs the Commonwealth to pay a yearly annuity of £156 from 1 October 1936 to the widow of former MP William James McWilliams, funded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and terminating if she remarries. It’s a one‑off parliamentary grant reflecting an era when individual Acts secured posthumous support for public figures rather than a general pension system.

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Special Annuity Act 1936

SPECIAL ANNUITY.

No. 45 of 1936.

An Act to provide for the payment of an Annuity to the Widow of the late William James McWilliams, Esquire.

[Assented to 12th October, 1936.]

Preamble.

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Special Annuity Act 1936.

Annuity to widow of the late W. J. McWilliams.

2.—(1.) Subject to this Act, there shall be payable, as on and from the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, to the widow of the late William James McWilliams, Esquire, sometime a member of the House of Representatives, an annuity at the rate of One hundred and fifty-six pounds per annum.

(2.) The annuity provided by this Act shall cease to be payable in the event of the re-marriage of the annuitant.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Special Annuity Act 1936