Commonwealth Numbered Acts

VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 228 of 1992 - SECT 8

8. Section 25A of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection
(1) the following subsection:

"(1A) If:

   (a)  an Australian mariner dies; and

   (b)  the mariner is survived by a person who is a dependant of the mariner;
        and

   (c)  subsection 17A(1A) applies to the mariner; and

   (d)  at the time when the mariner dies the Secretary:

        (i)    is aware of the person's existence; and

        (ii)   is aware that the person is a dependant of the mariner; and

        (iii)  has enough information about the mariner's and the person's
               circumstances to know that a pension is payable to the
               dependant under subsection 17A(1A); the pension payable to the
               dependant in respect of the death of the mariner is payable:

   (e)  without the dependant having to make a claim for the pension under
        section 26; and

   (f)  without a Pensions Committee or the Commission having to make a
        determination under section 26AC. Note: for the dependant's
        eligibility for pension see section 17A.".