VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (VETERAN-CENTRIC REFORMS NO. 1) ACT 2018 (NO. 17, 2018)

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 2

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1--Family support 5

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 5

Schedule 2--Veteran payment 8

Part 1--Main amendments 8

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 8

Part 2--Consequential amendments 13

Aged Care Act 1997 13

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 14

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 16

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 17

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006 18

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 18

Disability Services Act 1986 18

Farm Household Support Act 2014 19

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 19

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 19

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 19

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 20

Social Security Act 1991 20

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 35

Student Assistance Act 1973 37

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 38

Part 3--Contingent amendments 76

Division 1--Provisions that may not commence 76

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 76

Division 2--Other amendments 76

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 76

Social Security Act 1991 76

Schedule 3--Coordinated Veterans' Care mental health pilot 78

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 78

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 78

Schedule 4--Compensation for household and attendant care services where catastrophic injury or disease 80

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 80

Schedule 5--Qualifying service 82

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 82

Schedule 6--Defence-related claims 84

Part 1--Amendments commencing the day after Royal Assent 84

Division 1--Amendments 84

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 84

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 84

Division 2--Application provisions 115

Part 2--Other amendments 116

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 116

Schedule 7--Specialist Medical Review Council 118

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 118

Schedule 8--Other amendments 120

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006 120

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 120

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (VETERAN-CENTRIC REFORMS NO. 1) ACT 2018 (NO. 17, 2018) - NOTES