Commonwealth: Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1956 (Cth)

TRANSFERRED OFFICERS' ALLOWANCES. No. 20 of 1956. An Act to amend the Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1948–1954. [Assented to 12th May, 1956.] BE it enacted by the Queen'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 and citation. 1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1956. (2.) The Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1948–1954, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1948–1956. Commencement. 2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twelfth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-five. Further allowances from 12th November, 1955. 3. Section six of the Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1948–1954 is amended by omitting the table in sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:— Sum of the annual amounts of the pension or retiring allowance and the allowances (if any) payable under sections four and five of this Act. Allowance per annum. Not exceeding £156................... £52 Exceeding £156 but not exceeding £312..... One-sixth of the sum of the annual amounts plus £26 Exceeding £312 but not exceeding £448...... £78 Exceeding £448 but not exceeding £500..... £52, or such amount as will increase the sum of the annual amounts to £526, whichever is the greater Exceeding £500..................... £52