Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003 (Cth)

Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

No. 26, 2003

An Act to amend the law with respect to veterans' entitlements, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Part 1—Amendments concerning child‑related payments

Part 2—Amendments concerning commutation of income streams

Part 3—Amendments concerning accrual of certain pension bonuses unclaimed under social security law

Part 4—Amendments concerning the calculation of pension bonuses

Part 5—Amendments concerning the backdating of claims for partner service pension in certain circumstances

Part 6—Amendments to achieve alignment with social security law concerning the treatment of compensation payable in lump sums

Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

No. 26, 2003

An Act to amend the law with respect to veterans' entitlements, and for related purposes

[Assented to 11 April 2003]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendment of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Part 1—Amendments concerning child‑related payments

1 Subclauses 10(2) and (3) of Schedule 5 Repeal the subclauses, substitute:

(2) The rate of service pension or income support supplement payable to the person from time to time includes the person's notional pension/supplement child‑related amount at that time until, in accordance with subclause (2A), it is no longer to be so included.