His German wife was airlifted to the United Kingdom on 19 February 1947 sent to a hostel in Renfrewshire and given an ex gratia payment of ?, 084 which enabled her to have an income of a 35s . a week annuity.
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In principle, this changed it from an ex gratia payment to a forced donation by taxpayers ( including those opposed to the religious views of those supported ) : the " Regium Donum " was therefore henceforth opposed ( on the grounds of consistency ) by some advocates of the disestablishment of the Church of England.
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MacAir had previously asked the Queensland government for a $ 7 million one-off ex gratia payment, but the government refused, saying that MacAir had " systemic issues . " The administrator wound up the business and sold off the company's assets; however the airline only owned a single aircraft as the others were all leased, as were the ground installations.
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In 2002, a five-year voluntary surrender scheme was implemented to encourage itinerant hawkers to surrender their licenses in exchange for " a one-off ex gratia payment, rental of a vacant stall in public markets under concessionary terms, or becoming a ( non-cooked food ) fixed pitch hawker . The scheme drastically decreased the number of licensed hawkers, from 50, 000 in 1974 to about 6, 000 in 2007.
