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Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Gold Card) Act 1998
No. 92, 1998
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Gold Card) Act 1998
No. 92, 1998
An Act to amend the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title..................................1 2 Commencement..............................1 3 Schedule(s).................................2
Schedule 1—Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 3
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Gold Card) Act 1998
No. 92, 1998
An Act to amend the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, and for related purposes
[Assented to 14 July 1998]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Gold Card) Act 1998.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on 1 January 1999.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
1 Subsection 7A(1) After "Part III", insert "and sections 85 and 118V".
2 After subsection 85(4) Insert:
(4A) A veteran is eligible to be provided with treatment under this Part for any injury suffered, or disease contracted, by the veteran, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, if: (a) the veteran is 70 or over; and (b) the veteran has rendered qualifying service during the period covered by paragraph (b) of the definition of period of hostilities in subsection 5B(1); and (c) either: (i) the Department has notified the veteran in writing that he or she is or will be eligible for such treatment; or (ii) the veteran has notified the Department in writing that he or she seeks eligibility for such treatment.
3 Transitional—pre‑commencement notification The notification mentioned in subparagraph 85(4A)(c)(i) or (ii) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (as amended by this Schedule) may have been given before this Schedule commences.
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