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Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Act 2011
No. 169, 2011
An Act to amend the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 and other legislation, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Act 2011 No. 169, 2011
An Act to amend the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 and other legislation, and for related purposes
[Assented to 4 December 2011]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Act 2011.
2 Commencement This Act commences on the day this Act 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3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendments
Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006
1 Subsection 4(1) (definition of nuclear test participant) Omit "and (3A)", substitute ", (3A) and (3C)".
2 After subsection 5(3B) Insert: (3C) A person is a nuclear test participant if the person satisfies the requirements specified in an instrument under subsection (3D). (3D) The Commission may, by legislative instrument, specify requirements for the purposes of subsection (3C).
3 Section 32 Before "The", insert "(1)".
4 At the end of section 32 Add: (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to the Commission's power under subsection 5(3D).
5 Treatment before instrument takes effect but on or after 19 June 2006 (1) If the Commission makes an instrument under subsection 5(3D) of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006, the Commission may approve, under subsection 13(1) of that Act, treatment for a person that was provided before that instrument took effect but on or after 19 June 2006 if: (a) the person makes a claim under that Act before that instrument took effect, or within 6 months after that instrument took effect, for a determination that the person is an eligible person; and (b) the Commission determines under that Act that the person is an eligible person because of subsection 5(3C) of that Act. (2) This item has effect despite subsection 13(2) of that Act.
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