VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 38F Making a claim

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 38F

  (1)   To be a proper claim, the claim must be:

  (a)   made in writing; and

  (b)   in accordance with a form approved by the Commission; and

  (c)   accompanied by any evidence available to the claimant that the claimant considers may be relevant to the claim; and

  (d)   lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section   5T.

  (1A)   A claim lodged in accordance with section   5T is taken to have been made on a day determined under that section.

  (2)   The approved form may require the claimant to disclose whether the claimant is registered as a member of:

  (a)   the pension bonus scheme (see Part   IIIAB); or

  (b)   the corresponding scheme under Part   2.2A of the Social Security Act.