Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme (Statement of Conditions) Variation 2019 (Cth)

Australian Government

Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme (Statement of Conditions) Variation 2019

Instrument 2019 No. M27

I, Mark Cormack, delegate for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, under section 38A of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918, by this notice to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, make the following variations to the Statement of Conditions.

Dated this 24th day of June 2019.

Mark Cormack

MARK CORMACK Deputy Secretary Policy and Programs Delegate for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel

1 Name

This instrument is the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme (Statement of Conditions) Variation 2019.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 July 2019.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 38A of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.

4 Revocation The Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme (Statement of Conditions) Variation 2016 (F2016L00553) is revoked.

5 Saving

If:

(a) immediately before the commencement of this instrument, a person had a right to a payment under the Statement of Conditions in force under the Defence Service Homes Act 1918; and

(b) on the commencement of this instrument the payment had not been made;

the right to the payment continues on and after the commencement of this instrument until the payment is made.

Note: Subsection 38A(4) of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918 provides that the Minister must not vary the Statement of Conditions so as to remove the right of a person to receive a payment to which the person had become entitled before the variation.

6 Schedule

On and after the commencement of this instrument, the Statement of Conditions set out in the Schedule applies for the purposes of Part VI of the Defence Service Homes Act 1918.