Commonwealth Numbered Acts

VETERANS' AFFAIRS (1994-95 BUDGET MEASURES) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1994 No. 164 of 1994 - SECT 45

45. The Rate Calculator in section 41 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting in point 41-CA1 "41-CA1A," after "points";

   (b)  by inserting after point 41-CA1 the following point: No pharmaceutical
        allowance during certain periods of absence

"41-CA1A. If a person:

   (a)  has notified the Department that he or she will be absent from
        Australia for a period of 12 months or more; or

   (b)  has been absent from Australia for a period of 12 months or more; the
        person is not eligible to receive pharmaceutical allowance in respect
        of the period:

   (c)  beginning on the 1 January that first occurs after the person has left
        Australia; and

   (d)  ending on the day before:

        (i)    the day on which the person returns to Australia; or

        (ii)   the day on which the person notifies the Department of his or
               her return to Australia; whichever is the later. This point
               does not apply to a person who:

   (e)  after notifying the Department that he or she will be absent from
        Australia for a period of 12 months or more, returns to Australia
        before the 1 January that first occurs after the person has left
        Australia; and

   (f)  has notified the Department of his or her return to Australia before
        that 1 January.".