

2022-2023
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
Presented and read a first time
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2023
No. , 2023
(Veterans’ Affairs)
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Firefighters alignment 3
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 3
Schedule 2—Employment programs 4
Social Security Act 1991 4
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 4
Schedule 3—Rental assistance 6
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 6
Schedule 4—Acute support package 8
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 8
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 8
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 9
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to veterans’ affairs and military rehabilitation and compensation, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Act 2023 .
(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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1. The whole of this Act |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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.
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.