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2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (International Agreements and Other Measures) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Veterans’ Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to veterans’ affairs, and for other purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 3
Schedule 1—Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 4
Part 1—International agreements 4
Part 2—Amounts excluded from income 5
Part 3—Rental income forgone 6
Part 4—Assets disregarded for assets test 7
Part 5—Minor amendments 8
Part 6—Technical amendments, including amendments relating to legislative instruments 10
Schedule 2—Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 18
Schedule 3—Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 20
Part 1—Definition of disease 20
Part 2—Effect of days worked on compensation 21
Part 3—Weekly compensation for wholly dependent partners 22
Part 4—Claims for compensation 23
Part 5—Technical correction 24
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to veterans’ affairs, and for other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (International Agreements and Other Measures) Act 2008 .
(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.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1, Parts 1 to 5 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 1, items 25 to 44 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedule 1, item 45 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if item 2 of Schedule 2 to the Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Act 2008 commences on or before that day. |
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5. Schedule 1, items 46 to 69 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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6. Schedule 1, item 70 |
Immediately after the commencement of item 20 of Schedule 3 to the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2001 Budget Measures) Act 2001 . |
4 September 2001 |
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7. Schedule 1, items 71 to 86 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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8. Schedule 2 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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9. Schedule 3, Parts 1 to 4 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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10. Schedule 3, Part 5 |
Immediately after the commencement of item 22 of Schedule 4 to the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Statements of Principles and Other Measures) Act 2007 . |
16 March 2007 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or 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.