WAR DAMAGE FUND
SUM OF £1,043,575 THUS FAR COLLECTED CONDITIONS OF COMPENSATION. FOR DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY. The statement that a total of £1,043,575 had been collected up to the present in premiums under the War Damage Act was made by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, when the House of Representatives was discussing the War Damage Fund vote in the Estimates. Mr Fraser said that the amount com-’ prised £743,575 on the voluntary basis and £300,000 under the compulsory scheme.
Referring to a point raised by Mr Wilkinson (Independent, Egmont) to the effect that people living in districts unlikely to be affected by bombing should be allowed some premium relief, the Prime Minister said that nobody could say where a bomb might fall. Parliament had decided, when passing the Act, that War Damage risk should be spread equally throughout the community, but Parliament could alter the Act at any time it might think desirable.
The amount of compensation which would be paid under the War Damage Act in the event of utility services such as electric power being put out of commission by enemy action and consequential damage caused to produce in stores, was raised by the Leader of the Opposition, 1 Mr Holland. He also inquired how workers would be compensated for injuries while at work and normally covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act. Mr Holland said that there would be considerable loss to producers if meat and other produce was in stores where the power failed.
The Prime Minister said the War Damage Commission had decided not to give any ruling in advance on the question of consequential damage, but to consider cases as they arose. He expressed the opinion that if all reasonable precautions were taken by the insured person or interest it was probable that claims for damage would be favourably considered.
Regarding workers’ compensation, he said that regulations had been gazetted recently covering the position by providing for the payment of pension in respect of persons who were gainfully employed and suffered war injuries. The liability for compensation was taken away from employers and the payment made from the fund would be equivalent to the pension paid to soldiers less the economic pension.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1942, Page 3
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368WAR DAMAGE FUND Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1942, Page 3
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