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VETERANS' AFFAIRS (1994-95 BUDGET MEASURES) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1994 No. 164 of 1994 - SECT 11

11. Section 56H of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (3) "and (6)" and substituting ", (6), (7)
        and (8)";

   (b)  by adding at the end of section 56H the following subsections: Payment
        of arrears of periodic compensation payments-suspension or
        cancellation

"(7) If:

   (a)  an adverse determination is made in relation to a person because of
        point 41-D2B or 42-E2B (payment of arrears of periodic compensation
        payments); and

   (b)  a service pension has been paid to the person or to the person's
        partner when, because of the payment of arrears of periodic
        compensation, the pension should have been cancelled or suspended; the
        day specified under paragraph (2)(b) may be earlier than the day on
        which the determination is made.

Payment of arrears of compensation payments-rate reduction

"(8) If:

   (a)  an adverse determination is made in relation to a person because of
        point 41-D2B or 42-E2B (payment of arrears of periodic compensation
        payments); and

   (b)  an amount of service pension was paid to the person or to the person's
        partner that, because of the payment of arrears of periodic
        compensation, was more than the amount that should have been paid; the
        day specified under paragraph (2)(b) may be earlier than the day on
        which the determination is made.".