Contents

Part 1                     Preliminary                                                                 

                        1      Name of Regulations [see Note 1]                                     4

                        2      Commencement [see Note 1]                                           4

                        3      Definitions                                                                       4

Part 2                     Eligibility for crisis payment                                  

                        4      Meaning of contacted the Department for this Part              7

                        5      Eligibility for crisis payment -- release from gaol or psychiatric confinement     7

                        6      Eligibility for crisis payment -- extreme circumstances forcing departure from home     8

                      6A      Eligibility for crisis payment -- remaining in home after removal of family member for abusive behaviour                                                                        9

                        7      Crisis payment not payable in addition to disaster relief payment         9

Part 3                     Claims for crisis payment                                       

                        8      How to claim                                                                 11

                        9      Making of claim                                                             11

                       10      Claimant must be in Australia                                         11

                       11      Claim may be withdrawn                                                 11

                       13      Investigation of claim                                                      12

Part 4                     Deciding claims                                                        

                       14      Commission to decide claim                                           13

                       15      Grant of claim                                                                13

                       16      Notifying claimant of decision on claim                             13

                       17      Date of effect of decision                                                 13

Part 5                     Payment of crisis payments                                  

                       18      Amount of payment                                                        14

                       19      Payment into bank account                                            14

                       20      Deduction from crisis payment                                        14

                       21      Effect of garnishee or similar order                                   15

                       22      Crisis payments not payable in lawful custody                  15

Part 6                     Review of decisions                                                

                       23      Request for review                                                          16

                       24      Commission's duty if request for review made                   16

                       25      Written record of decision on review and copy to person who requested review  17

                       26      Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal                       17

Notes                                                                                                          18

 

 

  

Notes to the Veterans' Entitlements (Special Assistance) Regulations 1999

Note 1

The Veterans' Entitlements (Special Assistance) Regulations 1999 (in force under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1999 No. 319 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non‑exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.  From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series).  Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

Table of Instruments

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette or FRLI registration	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1999 No. 319	15 Dec 1999	11 Nov 1999 (see r. 2)
2000 No. 188	12 July 2000	1 July 2000	R. 4
2006 No. 294	17 Nov 2006 (see F2006L03710)	Rr. 1-3 and Schedule 1: 18 Nov 2006 Schedule 2: 1 Dec 2006 Remainder: 1 Jan 2007	R. 4

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
Note to r. 3 (1).......................	am. 2006 No. 294
Part 2
R. 4.........................................	am. 2000 No. 188
R. 6.........................................	am. 2006 No. 294
R. 6A.......................................	ad. 2006 No. 294
R. 7.........................................	rs. 2006 No. 294
Part 3
R. 11.......................................	am. 2000 No. 188
R. 12.......................................	rep. 2000 No. 188
Part 5
R. 18.......................................	rs. 2000 No. 188

 

Table A                  Application, saving or transitional provisions

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 188

4              Application

         (1)   The amendment made by item 4 of Schedule 1 applies in relation to:

                (a)    a claim made on or after 1 July 2000; or

               (b)    a claim made before 1 July 2000 that has not been finally determined. 

         (2)   For paragraph (1) (b), a claim has not been finally determined if:

                (a)    the Commission has not made a decision in relation to the claim; or

               (b)    a decision has been made by the Commission in relation to the claim and either:

                          (i)    the decision is the subject of an appeal or review; or

                         (ii)    the period within which an appeal or review may be instituted in relation to the decision has not ended.

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 294

4              Application of amendments made by Schedule 3

                The amendments made by Schedule 3 apply in relation to domestic or family violence by a family member of a person if the family member leaves, or is removed from, the person's home on or after 1 January 2007.