VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2014 (NO. 74, 2014) - SCHEDULE 3 Seniors supplement and seniors health card
VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2014 (NO. 74, 2014) - SCHEDULE 3
Seniors supplement and seniors health card
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
1 After paragraph 118P(1)(a)
Insert:
(aa) the person:
(i) is in Australia; or
(ii) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks; and
2 Paragraph 118PB(2)(b)
Omit "weeks; and", substitute "weeks.".
3 Paragraph 118V(1)(e)
Repeal the paragraph.
4 Subsection 118V(1) (note 5)
Repeal the note.
5 Paragraph 118V(1A)(d)
Repeal the paragraph.
6 Subsection 118V(1A) (note 3A)
Repeal the note.
7 Paragraph 118V(2)(e)
Repeal the paragraph.
8 Subsection 118V(2) (note 6)
Repeal the note.
9 Paragraph 118V(3)(e)
Repeal the paragraph.
10 Subsection 118V(3) (note 6)
Repeal the note.
11 Application provisions
(1) The amendment made by item 1 applies in relation to working out eligibility for seniors supplement for days that occur on or after the day that item commences, whether the absence referred to in subparagraph 118P(1)(aa)(ii) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, as amended by this Act, began before, on or after that commencement.
(2) The amendments made by items 3 to 10 apply in relation to working out eligibility for a seniors health card for days that occur on or after the day those items commence.