Voluntary Workers (Soldiers’ Holdings) Act 1917 (NSW)

Voluntary Workers (Soldiers' Holdings) Act 1917 No 25

An Act to make provision for homes for disabled members of the naval and military forces, and for the dependents of such members who have died; for that purpose to provide for the issue of Crown grants of land and for aiding Voluntary Workers' Associations to purchase materials; to amend the Public Instruction Act of 1880 and certain other Acts; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto.

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Voluntary Workers (Soldiers' Holdings) Act 1917.

2 Definitions In this Act: Dependent means any member of the family of a member of the forces who has died as a result of employment in connection with warlike operations in the present war, such dependents being wholly or in part dependent upon the earnings or pension of the member of the forces at the time of death; and where such member, being the parent or grandparent of an illegitimate child, leaves such a child, or being an illegitimate child, leaves a parent or grandparent so dependent upon the deceased member's earnings or pension, shall include such an illegitimate child and parent or grandparent respectively. Disabled member of the forces means any such member who is permanently disabled. Member of a family means wife or husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister. Member of the forces means member of the Commonwealth naval or military forces, including member of the Imperial Reserve residing in New South Wales before the war, enlisted or appointed for or employed on active service outside Australia, or employed on a ship of war, or enlisted or appointed for service in connection with naval or military preparations or operations, including munition workers, and includes a member of the army medical corps or of the nursing service who is accepted or appointed by the Director-General of Medical Service for service outside Australia. Voluntary Workers' Association means any association formed for the purpose of acquiring land and material for constructing buildings and effecting improvements by voluntary labour on land for homes for members of the forces and dependents under such conditions as the Governor may by regulation prescribe.