This Act may be cited as the Disabled Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment Act, 1930.

In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context,—

The Minister may, for the purpose of assisting disabled soldiers to obtain suitable employment or to engage in suitable occupations,—

The Minister may from time to time, by writing under his hand, delegate to the Commissioner of Pensions such of his powers and functions under this Act as he thinks fit.

Any such delegation as aforesaid may be at any time in like manner revoked.

The fact that the Commissioner of Pensions exercises or performs any such power or function of the Minister shall be sufficient evidence of his authority in that behalf.

There may from time to time be appointed as officers of the Public Service such employment and vocational officers as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the objects of this Act.

In appointing local advisory committees the Minister shall, so far as practicable, appoint to every such committee a representative or representatives of societies or associations controlling war funds, of organizations of employers and of workers, of branches of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association (Incorporated), and of branches of the New Zealand Branch of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John (Incorporated).

All local advisory committees shall possess and exercise such advisory or consultative functions in respect of this Act as the Minister thinks fit to confer upon them, and also such of the administrative powers and functions of the Minister as he thinks fit to delegate to them.

Section eighteen of the Finance Act, 1919, shall hereafter be read as if the references therein to the purposes of the Repatriation Act, 1918, were references to the purposes of this Act.

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make all such regulations as may be necessary for the effectual carrying-out of the objects of this Act.