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- Schedule 1—Rehabilitation and transition management
- Schedule 2—Compensation for permanent impairment
- Schedule 3—Expanded lump sum options for wholly dependent partners
- Schedule 4—Weekly compensation for eligible young persons
- Schedule 5—Compensation for financial advice and legal advice
- Schedule 6—Special Rate Disability Pension
- Schedule 7—Superannuation
- Schedule 8—Remittal power of Veterans’ Review Board
- Schedule 9—Membership of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
- Schedule 10—Aggravation of or material contribution to war-caused or defence-caused injury or disease
- Schedule 11—Treatment for certain SRCA injuries
- Schedule 12—Members
- Schedule 13—Treatment costs
- Schedule 14—Travelling expenses
- Schedule 15—Payments into accounts
- Schedule 16—Other amendments
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Military Compensation Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Veterans’ Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and other legislation, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Rehabilitation and transition management 3
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 3
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 13
Schedule 2—Compensation for permanent impairment 15
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 15
Schedule 3—Expanded lump sum options for wholly dependent partners 19
Part 1—Main amendments 19
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 19
Part 2—Consequential amendments 23
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 23
Farm Household Support Act 1992 23
Social Security Act 1991 23
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 27
Part 3—Saving and transitional provisions 30
Schedule 4—Weekly compensation for eligible young persons 34
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 34
Schedule 5—Compensation for financial advice and legal advice 35
Part 1—Main amendments 35
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 35
Part 2—Consequential amendments 43
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 43
Schedule 6—Special Rate Disability Pension 44
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 44
Schedule 7—Superannuation 46
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 46
Schedule 8—Remittal power of Veterans’ Review Board 54
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 54
Schedule 9—Membership of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission 56
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 56
Schedule 10—Aggravation of or material contribution to war-caused or defence-caused injury or disease 57
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 57
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 61
Schedule 11—Treatment for certain SRCA injuries 62
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 62
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 64
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 70
Schedule 12—Members 71
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 71
Schedule 13—Treatment costs 72
Aged Care Act 1997 72
Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 72
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 73
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 74
Schedule 14—Travelling expenses 76
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 76
Schedule 15—Payments into accounts 77
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 77
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 79
Schedule 16—Other amendments 82
Social Security Act 1991 82
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 82
A Bill for an Act to amend the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and other legislation, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Military Compensation Review and Other Measures) Act 2013 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.