MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2004 - SECT 221 Eligibility for MRCA supplement

MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2004 - SECT 221

Persons eligible for Special Rate Disability Pension

  (1)   A person is eligible for MRCA supplement under this section if:

  (a)   the person satisfies the eligibility criteria in section   199 (persons who are eligible for Special Rate Disability Pension), or has satisfied those criteria during some period of his or her life; and

  (b)   the person is an Australian resident (within the meaning of section   5G of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ).

Note:   Section   222 sets out some circumstances in which MRCA supplement is not payable.

Persons with 80 or more impairment points

  (2)   A person is eligible for MRCA supplement under this section if:

  (a)   the Commission has determined under Part   2 that an impairment suffered by the person as a result of one or more service injuries or diseases constitutes 80 or more impairment points; and

  (b)   the person is an Australian resident (within the meaning of section   5G of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ).

Note:   Section   222 sets out some circumstances in which MRCA supplement is not payable.