Federal Court of Australia
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CATCHWORODS
REPATRIATION - pension granted on review by Veterans' Review Board -
appeal to A.A.T. concerning date from which pension to be paid - appeal to Board instituted before but decided after commencement of amending Act - whether transitional provision with retrospective effect has a substantive operation - specific provision dealing with date from which a decision to operate
overriding general provision with respect to Board's exercise of discretion.
Repatriation Act, 1920 ss.107VC, 107VZG(1) Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act, 1984 ss.19, 55(1)
Mary Smith
Vv.
The Repatriation Commission
QLD G10 of 1986
PINCUS J. BRISBANE 24 NOVEMBER 1986
2 5NOV 1986
\ FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
PAINCIPAL REGISTRY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA )
QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY ) QLD G10 of 1986 GENERAL DIVISION )
QN_APPEAL FROM THE QUEENSLAND DIVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL, CONSTITUTED BY
THE HON. J.B.K. WILLIAMS, SENIOR MEMBER
BETWEEN: MARY SMITH Applicant
AND: THE REPATRIATION COMMISSION
Respondent
MINUTES OF ORDER
JUDGE MAKING ORDER: PINCUS J.
DATE OF ORDER: 24 NOVEMBER 1986
WHERE MADE: BRISBANE
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
The appeal be dismissed.
NOTE: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA )
QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY ) QLD G10 of 1986 GENERAL DIVISION )
ON APPEAL FROM THE QUEENSLAND DIVISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL, CONSTITUTED BY
THE HON. J.B.K. WILLIAMS, SENTOR MEMBER
BETWEEN: MARY SMITH Applicant
AND: THE REPATRIATION COMMISSION
Respondent
PINCUS J. 24 NOVEMBER 1986
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
This 1S an application concerning the date from which a
pension granted under the Repatriation Act 1920 to the applicant,
a war widow, should be paid. The application comes to this Court by way of appeal from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, but its curial history goes back to 1960. The Repatriation Act has been
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