Repatriation Commission v Keeley [2000] FCA 532

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Repatriation Commission v Keeley [2000] FCA 532

DEFENCE AND WAR – veterans' entitlements – pension – Statements of Principles. STATUTES – operation and effect of statutes – whether an application to review a decision made on a claim for a pension under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) provides an accrued right – whether a determination made under s 196B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) "affects" an accrued right of review. WORDS AND PHRASES – "reasonable hypothesis" – "war-caused death" – "operational service". Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) ss 8, 46A, 50 Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 43 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (Cth) Pts II, XIA, XIB; ss 5AB(2), 5B, 6A, 7, 7(1)(a), 8, 8(1)(a), 8(1)(b), 8(1)(d), 8(1)(e), 9, 11, 13, 13(1)(a), 13(1)(c), 14, 19, 19(3), 119, 120, 120(1), 120(3), 120(4), 120A, 120A(1), 120A(2), 120A(3), 120A(4), 120B, 176, 196B, 196B(2), 196B(7), 196B(8), 196B(8)(c), 196D, 196M Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas) Tasmanian Criminal Code Ch XIV; ss 124(1), 127, 136 The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 3rd ed. 1973 at 1010 Byrnes v Repatriation Commission (1993) 177 CLR 564 followed Bushell v Repatriation Commission (1992) 175 CLR 408 referred to Conkey & Sons Ltd v Miller (1977) 51 ALJR 583 referred to Calman v Commissioner of Police [1999] HCA 60 referred to Re Repatriation Commission and Carroll (1988) 14 ALD 581 approved Repatriation Commission v Deledio (1998) 83 FCR 82 referred to Esber v Commonwealth of Australia (1992) 174 CLR 430 applied Continental Liqueurs Proprietary Limited v G F Heublein and Bro. Incorporated (1960) 103 CLR 422 (on appeal (1962) 109 CLR 153) referred to Director of Public Works v Ho Po Sang [1961] AC 901 referred to Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation v Aberfield Coal Mining Co Ltd (1942) 66 CLR 161 referred to Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd v Irving [1905] AC 369 referred to Lee v Secretary, Department of Social Security (1996) 68 FCR 491 referred to Minister for Home and Territories v Teesdale Smith (1924) 35 CLR 120 referred to Robertson v City of Nunawading [1973] VR 819 referred to Rodway v The Queen (1990) 169 CLR 515 referred to Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 applied Kraljevich v Lake View and Star Limited (1945) 70 CLR 647 referred to Ogsten v Repatriation Commission (1999) 29 AAR 89 referred to