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Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Rules 2019
Instrument 2019 No. M20
I, Darren Chester, Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, make the following instrument under section 63 of the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019.
Dated this 25th day of June 2019.
Darren Chester
DARREN CHESTER
Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel
1 Name
This instrument is the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Rules 2019.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 July 2019.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 63 of the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019.
attendant means a person who is authorised by the Commission under subsection 22(2) of the Act to accompany an eligible person as his or her attendant.
commercial accommodation means accommodation provided by a commercial establishment, such as a hotel or motel.
private accommodation means accommodation that is not commercial accommodation or subsidised accommodation.
residence, for a person at a time, means the permanent or temporary place of residence of that person at that time.
subsidised accommodation means accommodation provided on a cost-recovery basis by an organisation that receives a subsidy for providing the accommodation, such as a hostel.
travel, for an eligible person, means travel, referred to in section 22 of the Act, from his or her residence to his or her destination and return.
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following: (a) Commission; (b) eligible person; (c) treatment.
5 Travelling expenses
(1) Subject to this section, travelling expenses comprise the amount required to reimburse in whole or in part expenditure on:
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