Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

3............ Establishment of Fund ........................................................................ 3

4............ Purpose of Fund ................................................................................. 3

5............ Constitution of Trust ......................................................................... 3

5A......... Application of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 and the Auditor‑General Act 1997        4

6............ Deputies of members .......................................................................... 4

7............ Incorporation of Trust ........................................................................ 5

8............ Powers of Trust .................................................................................. 5

9............ Investment of moneys ........................................................................ 6

11.......... Taxation .............................................................................................. 6

12.......... Members of Trust not entitled to remuneration ................................. 6

13.......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 6

Notes                                                                                                                                               9

An Act to provide for the application of the share of the proceeds of Prize captured during the State of War that commenced on 3 September 1939, that is available for the benefit of members of the Royal Australian Air Force

 

 

Preamble

WHEREAS, out of the proceeds of prize captured during the state of war that commenced on 3 September 1939, the sum of £229,000 is available for application for the benefit of members of the Royal Australian Air Force who served during that state of war:

AND WHEREAS it is impracticable to distribute the moneys so available to individual members of the Royal Australian Air Force who so served:

AND WHEREAS it is, for that reason, desirable that other provision be made for the application of those moneys:

BE it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Notes to the Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Act 1953

Note 1

The Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Act 1953 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 92, 1953 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 9 December 2008 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Act 1953	92, 1953	12 Dec 1953	9 Jan 1954
Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Act 1965	124, 1965	18 Dec 1965	18 Dec 1965	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9 and 10
Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Amendment Act 1976	3, 1977	28 Feb 1977	28 Feb 1977	--
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8
Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1984	164, 1984	25 Oct 1984	Ss. 110‑112: 22 Nov 1984 (a)	--
Sex Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Act 1986	163, 1986	18 Dec 1986	15 Jan 1987	--
Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1993	95, 1993	22 Dec 1993	22 Dec 1993	S. 24
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997	24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 1160-1163): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (b)	--
Same‑Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008	144, 2008	9 Dec 2008	Schedule 4 (items 48-53): 10 Dec 2008	Sch. 4 (item 53) [see Table A]

(a)     The Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Act 1953 was amended by sections 110-112 only of the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1984, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty‑eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)    The Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Act 1953 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 1160-1163) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title......................................	am. No. 3, 1977
Preamble.............................	am. No. 3, 1977; No. 95, 1993
S. 2......................................	am. No. 124, 1965; No. 3, 1977; No. 163, 1986; No. 144, 2008
S. 3......................................	am. No. 3, 1977; No. 95, 1993; No. 152, 1997
S. 4......................................	rs. No. 124, 1965
Ss. 5, 6................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 95, 1993
S. 5A...................................	ad. No. 152, 1997
S. 8......................................	am. No. 124, 1965; No. 3, 1977; No. 164, 1984
S. 10....................................	am. No. 124, 1965; No. 36, 1978
	rs. No. 164, 1984
	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 10A.................................	ad. No. 124, 1965
	rep. No. 164, 1984

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Same‑Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008 (No. 144, 2008)

Schedule 4

53  Application provision

The amendments of the Royal Australian Air Force Veterans' Residences Act 1953 made by this Schedule apply in relation to a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of eligible person in section 2 of that Act who dies on or after the commencement of this Schedule.