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This Act may be cited as the War Gratuity Appropriation Act 1948.
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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act creates a War Gratuity Trust Account, controlled by the Minister for Finance, to pay cash bonuses to Australian Second World War service personnel. It moves surplus wartime funds into the Consolidated Revenue Fund and sets aside over £23 million to be paid into the trust for distribution to veterans, with Parliament able to add more if needed.
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This Act may be cited as the War Gratuity Appropriation Act 1948.
(1) There shall be a War Gratuity Trust Account which shall be administered by the Minister for Finance and which shall be a trust account within the meaning of section sixty‑two A of the Audit Act 1901‑1947. (2) Moneys standing to the credit of the War Gratuity Trust Account shall be applied in the payment of war gratuities under the War Gratuity Act 1945‑1947.
There shall be paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund: (a) out of the Import Procurement Suspense Trust Account—the sum of Four million pounds; (b) out of the Marine War Risks Insurance Trust Account—the sum of Four million five hundred thousand pounds; (c) out of the Overseas Shipping Trust Account—the sum of Three million pounds; and (d) out of the War Damage Fund—the sum of Five million five hundred thousand pounds.
(1) There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which, to the necessary extent, is hereby appropriated accordingly, for the purposes of the War Gratuity Trust Account established under section two of this Act: (a) the sum of One million four hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and thirty pounds; and (b) the sum of Twenty‑two million pounds. (2) There shall be credited to the War Gratuity Trust Account such further sums as are provided by the Parliament for the purposes of that Account.
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This Act may be cited as the War Gratuity Appropriation Act 1948.
(1) There shall be a War Gratuity Trust Account which shall be administered by the Minister for Finance and which shall be a trust account within the meaning of section sixty‑two A of the Audit Act 1901‑1947. (2) Moneys standing to the credit of the War Gratuity Trust Account shall be applied in the payment of war gratuities under the War Gratuity Act 1945‑1947.
There shall be paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund: (a) out of the Import Procurement Suspense Trust Account—the sum of Four million pounds; (b) out of the Marine War Risks Insurance Trust Account—the sum of Four million five hundred thousand pounds; (c) out of the Overseas Shipping Trust Account—the sum of Three million pounds; and (d) out of the War Damage Fund—the sum of Five million five hundred thousand pounds.
(1) There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which, to the necessary extent, is hereby appropriated accordingly, for the purposes of the War Gratuity Trust Account established under section two of this Act: (a) the sum of One million four hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and thirty pounds; and (b) the sum of Twenty‑two million pounds. (2) There shall be credited to the War Gratuity Trust Account such further sums as are provided by the Parliament for the purposes of that Account.