Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 30B

             (1)  In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:

"compensation" includes:

                     (a)  any payment in the nature of compensation; and

                     (b)  any damages recoverable at law from the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or any other person (whether within or outside Australia), in respect of injury to, or the death of, a person; and

                     (c)  any amount paid under a compromise or settlement of a claim for damages referred to in paragraph (b);

but does not include any amount that represents expenses incurred in medical or hospital treatment.

             (2)  For the purposes of this Part, a payment of arrears of periodic compensation payments is not a lump sum compensation payment.

Note:          For lump sum payments of compensation see section 30C. For periodic payments of compensation see section 30D.

             (3)  In sections 30G and 30H:

"damages" does not include an amount that has been paid under a notice under section 51 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 .

             (4)  In sections 30L and 30M:

"international organisation" means:

                     (a)  an organisation:

                              (i)  of which 2 or more countries, or the governments of 2 or more countries, are members; or

                             (ii)  that is constituted by persons representing 2 or more countries, or representing the governments of 2 or more countries; or

                     (b)  an organisation that is:

                              (i)  an organ of, or office within, an organisation described in paragraph (a); or

                             (ii)  a commission, council or other body established by an organisation so described or such an organ; or

                            (iii)  a committee, or subcommittee of a committee, of an organisation described in paragraph (a), or of such an organ, council or body.