Veterans’ Entitlements (Participants in British Nuclear Tests – Extension of Eligibility) Instrument 2012 (No. R7/2012) (Cth)

Australian Government

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Veterans' Entitlements (Participants in British Nuclear Tests – Extension of Eligibility) Instrument 2012

Instrument No. R7/2012

The Repatriation Commission, pursuant to subsection 69B(6) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), specifies, for the purposes of subsection 69B(5) of the Act, the requirements a person must satisfy in order to have rendered British nuclear test defence service as a member of the Defence Force. Dated this 24th day of January 2012

Ian Campbell Shane Carmody Major General Mark Kelly …………………………………………………………………………………………. IAN CAMPBELL SHANE CARMODY Major General Mark Kelly PSM AO DSC PRESIDENT DEPUTY PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER

1. Name of Instrument

This instrument is the Veterans' Entitlements (Participants in British Nuclear Tests – Extension of Eligibility) Instrument 2012

2. Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Note 1: Item 11 of Schedule 1 to the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Act 2011 provides that where the Repatriation Commission grants a claim for pension on the basis of a person's British nuclear test defence service as established by this instrument, subsection 20(3) of the Act does not apply to the grant of the claim (Subsection 20(3) prevents backdating of the grant of pension claims before the date of eligibility for the pension).

Note 2: Item 11 of Schedule 1 to the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Act 2011 also provides that it does not matter whether, for the purposes of the item, a claim is made before, on or after the commencement of the item.