War Pensions Amendment Act 1983

  • repealed
  • War Pensions Amendment Act 1983: repealed, on 7 December 2014, pursuant to section 276 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014 (2014 No 56).

Reprint
as at 7 December 2014

War Pensions Amendment Act 1983

Public Act1983 No 58
Date of assent7 December 1983

  • War Pensions Amendment Act 1983: repealed, on 7 December 2014, pursuant to section 276 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014 (2014 No 56).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.

This Act is administered by the New Zealand Defence Force.

An Act to amend the War Pensions Act 1954

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

  • (1) This Act may be cited as the War Pensions Amendment Act 1983, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the War Pensions Act 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

    (2) Except as provided in sections 2(4), 5(2), 6(2), and 7(3) of this Act, this Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives the Governor-General's assent.

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5 Increasing rates of certain pensions and allowances in respect of period 19 January 1983 to 31 March 1983

  • (1) In respect of the period which commenced on the 19th day of January 1983 and ended with the 31st day of March 1983, the principal Act shall have effect as if each provision of that Act specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Act had been amended by omitting every expression set out opposite to it in the second column of that Schedule, wherever that expression occurs, and substituting in each case the expression set out opposite to it in the third column of that Schedule.

    (2) This section and Schedule 1 of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th day of January 1983.

6 Increasing rates of certain pensions and allowances in respect of period 1 April 1983 to 19 July 1983

  • (1) In respect of the period which commenced on the 1st day of April 1983 and ended with the 19th day of July 1983, the principal Act shall have effect as if each provision of that Act specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Act had been amended by omitting every expression set out opposite to it in the second column of that Schedule, wherever that expression occurs, and substituting in each case the expression set out opposite to it in the third column of that Schedule.

    (2) This section and Schedule 2 to this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April 1983.

7 Increasing rates of certain pensions and allowances on and after 20 July 1983

  • (1) The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing Schedules 1 to 7, 9, 11, and 12 (as substituted by section 4(1) of the War Pensions Amendment Act 1982), and substituting Schedules 1 to 7, 9, 11, and 12 set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.

    (2) The War Pensions Amendment Act 1982 is hereby consequentially repealed.

    (3) This section and Schedule 3 to this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 20th day of July 1983.

Schedule 1

Schedule 2

Schedule 3

Eprint notes
1 General

  • This is an eprint of the War Pensions Amendment Act 1983 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 About this eprint

  • This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.

3 Amendments incorporated in this eprint

  • Veterans’ Support Act 2014 (2014 No 56): section 276