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Provision Reference: s 17 (pt 8/10)
Character Range: 30386–34116

death—$20.90 per fortnight in respect of each child; or
       (b) in the case of his total incapacity—$2.75 per fortnight in respect of each child.
"(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (7), where the mother of the children of a deceased Australian mariner is dead, the rate of pension payable in respect of each of those children is $41.80 per fortnight. '

Medical certificates.
43. Section 32 of the Principal Act is repealed.

44. (1) Section 56 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—

Appropriation for pensions, &c.
"56. There are payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly—
(a) pensions, allowances and gratuities under this Act; and
(b) allowances and other pecuniary benefits under the regulations the rate or amount of which, or the maximum rate or amount of which, is fixed by the regulations or by reference to this Act.
(2) The appropriation made by section 56 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall be deemed to have taken effect on 1 July 1974.
Schedules 1 and 2.
45. Schedules 1 and 2 to the Principal Act are repealed and the following Schedules substituted: —

SCHEDULE 1 Section 18
GENERAL PENSION RATES—DEATH OR TOTAL INCAPACITY
Column 1                                                                       Column 2                                                                                                                         Column 3
Rate of pension payable per fortnight to widow on death of Australian mariner  Aggregate of rates of pensions payable per fortnight to dependants other than widow and children on death of Australian mariner  Rate of pension payable per fortnight to Australian mariner on total incapacity
$                                                                              $                                                                                                                                $
62.00                                                                          17.60                                                                                                                            50.00

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SCHEDULE 2
ALLOWNCE FOR ATTENDANT
Column 1                                                                                             Column 2
       Description of disability                                                                     Allowance for attendant
                                                                                                     $
Blind or with eyesight so defective as to have no useful sight ...                                   29.40
An injury affecting the cerebro-spinal system or causing incapacity similar in effect and severity   29.40
Loss of two arms................................                                                     49.80
Loss of two legs and one arm........................                                                 29.40
Loss of one leg at the hip and of the other either at the hip or in the upper third                  29.40

Application of certain amendments.
46. In so far as an amendment made by this Part affects instalments of pensions or allowances, the amendment applies in relation to an instalment of a pension or an allowance falling due on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, if that day is a pension pay-day, or, if it is not, on the first pension pay-day after that day, and to all subsequent instalments.

Questions decided by majority vote before Royal Assent.
47.Where, before the day on which this Act received the Royal Assent, a question arising at a meeting of a Seamen's Pensions and Allowances Committee was