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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS AMENDMENT (2005 BUDGET MEASURE) BILL 2005

2004-2005
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment
(2005 Budget Measure) Bill 2005
No. , 2005
(Veterans' Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
veterans' entitlements, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title.......................................................................................1
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Commencement .............................................................................1
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Schedule(s)....................................................................................2
Schedule 1--Seniors concession allowance
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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
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Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (2005 Budget Measure) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
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veterans' entitlements, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Entitlements Amendment
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(2005 Budget Measure) Act 2005.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
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.
2. Schedule 1,
item 1
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
3. Schedule 1,
items 2 to 4
Immediately after the provision(s) covered
by table item 2.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to
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deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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edited in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Seniors concession allowance Schedule 1
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (2005 Budget Measure) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 3
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Schedule 1--Seniors concession allowance
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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
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1 Section 118PA
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Before "A", insert "(1)".
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2 Subparagraph 118PA(1)(b)(iii)
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Omit "Australia.", substitute "Australia; or".
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3 At the end of subsection 118PA(1)
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Add:
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(c) the person is covered by subsection (2) and is in Australia; or
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(d) all of the following apply to the person:
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(i) the person is temporarily absent from Australia;
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(ii) the person has been so for a continuous period not
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exceeding 13 weeks;
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(iii) the person was covered by subsection (2) immediately
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before leaving Australia.
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4 At the end of section 118PA
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Add:
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(2) A person is covered by this subsection if:
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(a) the person is the holder of a gold card; and
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(b) the person has reached qualifying age (within the meaning of
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section 118OA); and
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(c) all of the following conditions are satisfied in relation to the
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person:
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(i) the person is not eligible for seniors concession
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allowance under paragraph (1)(a) or (b);
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(ii) the person is not qualified for seniors concession
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allowance under the Social Security Act;
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(iii) the person is not eligible for utilities allowance under
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this Act;
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(iv) the person is not qualified for utilities allowance under
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the Social Security Act.
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Schedule 1 Seniors concession allowance
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(3) In this section:
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gold card means a card known as the Repatriation Health Card -
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For All Conditions that evidences a person's eligibility, under this
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Act or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, to
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be provided with treatment for all injuries or diseases.
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