Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Direct Deductions and Other Measures) Act 2004 (Cth)

Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Direct Deductions and Other Measures) Act 2004

Act No. 94 of 2004 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 5 April 2006

[This Act was amended by Act No. 9 of 2006]

Amendment from Act No. 9 of 2006 [Schedule 2 (item 27) repealed and substituted item 86 of Schedule 1 and added item 86A to Schedule 1 Schedule 2 (item 27) commenced immediately after 29 June 2004]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Part 1—Direct deduction arrangements

Part 2—Victoria Cross allowance

Part 3—Automatic grant of income support supplement to age pensioners and wife pensioners

Part 4—Calculation of disability pension arrears

Part 5—Partner service pension for Norfolk Island residents

Part 6—Calculation of rent assistance

Part 7—Reduction in pension arrears resulting from partner's receipt of service pension

Part 8—Value of financial assets for purposes of deeming rules

Part 9—Deemed income and actual income from accrued returns

Part 10—Means test exemption of certain superannuation assets

Part 11—Income and assets test treatment of ATO small superannuation accounts and private rental income

Part 12—Ceiling rate service pension

Part 13—Offences

Part 14—Disposal of income and assets

Part 15—Compensation recovery provisions

Part 16—Minor and technical amendments An Act to amend the law relating to veterans' entitlements, and for related purposes

[Assented to 29 June 2004]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Direct Deductions and Other Measures) Act 2004.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.