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Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (No. R54/2013) (Australia)
Link to law: https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2013L02031
Instrument 2013 No. R54
(a) pursuant to section 16(6) of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 (the Act) revokes the instrument made under section 16(2) of the Act known as the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (No. R30 of 2006); and
(b) pursuant to section 16(2) of the Act hereby modifies the Treatment Principles in force under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, in accordance with the Schedule, for its application to the provision of treatment of eligible persons under the Act.
[1] This instrument commences immediately after the commencement of paragraph 1.1.3 of the Treatment Principles (2013 No.R52) under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
Note: paragraph 1.1.3 commences on the day after the Treatment Principles (2013 No.R52) is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
modified TPs means the Treatment Principles (2013 No. R52) in force under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 as modified by the Schedule.
MODIFICATIONS TO THE TREATMENT PRINCIPLES
1. Table of provisions
PART 1 — INTRODUCTION/COMMENCEMENT
1.2 Application of Repatriation Private Patient Principles (as modified)
PART 2 — ELIGIBILITY FOR TREATMENT
2.2 Treatment for entitled persons residing or travelling overseas
2.3 Treatment of associated injuries or diseases
2.4 Treatment of malignant neoplasia
2.8 Loss of eligibility for treatment
PART 3 — COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR TREATMENT
3.3 Circumstances in which prior approval may not be required
PART 4 — MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SERVICES
4.1 LMO or other GP Scheme
4.4 Referrals by LMO or other GPs
PART 5 — DENTAL TREATMENT
5.5 Orthodontic treatment for children
6.1 Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
6.2 Eligibility under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006.
PART 7 — TREATMENT GENERALLY FROM OTHER HEALTH PROVIDERS
7.3A Veterans' Home Care Program
PART 9 — TREATMENT OF ENTITLED PERSONS AT HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS
9.3 Nursing-home-type care
PART 10 — RESIDENTIAL CARE AND CARE AT HOME PACKAGES
Part A – residential care not involving residential care (respite)
Part B – residential care involving residential care (respite)
Part C – respite admissions not involving residential care (respite)
PART 11 — THE PROVISION OF REHABILITATION APPLIANCES
11.2A Prior Approval
PART 12 — OTHER TREATMENT MATTERS
12.3 Compensable patients
Instrument 2013 No. No. R54
3. Paragraph 1.1.1 - Introduction/Commencement
1.1.1 The Treatment Principles, prepared by the Repatriation Commission under section 16 of the Act, set out the circumstances in which, and the conditions subject to which, treatment of a particular kind, or included in a particular class of treatment, may be provided under the Act for eligible persons and are to be read subject to the Act.
4. Paragraph 1.4 Interpretation
1.4.1 In these Principles, unless a contrary intention appears:
“Act” means the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment )Act 2006.
“allied health provider” means a category of provider mentioned in the Table in 7.1A.1.
“Australian Government’s Better Access initiative” means the mental health initiative described in the document entitled “Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists & General Practitioners through the Medical Benefits Schedule Initiative” in force on the date in Schedule 1.
“authorised nurse practitioner” has the meaning it has in subsection 84(1) of the National Health Act 1953.
“Chief Executive Medicare” has the meaning it has in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.
(b) who, in the opinion of an employee of, or consultant to, the Department or the Department of Human Services, has appropriate qualifications in clinical psychology and practises as a clinical psychologist.
“community nurse” means a registered nurse or enrolled nurse who works in a community nursing setting and who is employed or engaged by a DVA-contracted community nursing provider.
“compensable patient” means a person who has established, or is likely to establish, an entitlement to damages or compensation from, or has commenced an action for damages against, another party that is not a registered health insurance organisation or a friendly society, for treatment of an injury, disease or other medical condition.
“consumable rehabilitation appliance” means an appliance with a short term function and includes appliances such as continence products.
“contracted private hospital” means a private hospital with which the Commission has entered into arrangements for the care and welfare of eligible persons.
“convalescent admission” means a short period of medically prescribed convalescence for a entitled person who is recovering from an acute illness or an operation.
“country area” means that part of the State outside the metropolitan area of the capital city of that State, determined by the Commission to be a country area under paragraph 80(2)(b) of the Act.
“dental hygienist” means a person registered under the National Law that provides for the registration of dental practitioners but does not include a person:
(a) whose registration to practise as a dental hygienist has been suspended, or cancelled, following an inquiry relating to his or her conduct; and
(b) who has not, after that suspension or cancellation, again been authorised to practise as a dental hygienist.
“dental therapist” means a person registered under the National Law that provides for the registration of dental practitioners but does not include a person:
(a) whose registration to practise as a dental therapist has been suspended, or cancelled, following an inquiry relating to his or her conduct; and
(b) who has not, after that suspension or cancellation, again been authorised to practise as a dental therapist.
“Department of Health” means the Commonwealth Department of State, however named, that from time to time is responsible for the administration of the National Health Act 1953.
“Department of Human Services” means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.
“diabetes educator services” means a program of education about diabetes with an emphasis on self-care, provided by a diabetes educator to a person with diabetes.
“DVA-contracted community nursing provider” means a community nursing provider who has entered into a Deed of Standing Offer with the Commission to provide community nursing services to entitled persons.
“eligible person” means a person who is eligible for treatment of malignant neoplasia under section 7 of the Act.
"emergency short term home relief" means care provided to an entitled person in his or her home on the following conditions:
(a) the person or the person's carer is unable to provide care due to sudden and unforeseen circumstances; and
(b) the period for which the care is provided does not exceed 72 hours (episode) per emergency except that, if the entitled person requires further care within 24 hours after the end of the previous episode in an emergency, and obtains prior approval, a further episode of care (up to 72 hours) may be provided in that emergency; and
(c) the cumulative period of the care provided to the entitled person did not exceed 216 hours in a Financial year.
Note (1): emergency short term home relief is not relevant to the calculation of residential care amounts for residential care or residential care (respite).
“enrolled nurse” means a person who is registered under a law of a State or Territory or of the Commonwealth to practise as an enrolled nurse.
“entitled person” means a person who is eligible for treatment under section 7 of the Act.
“exceptional case process” means the process whereby the Commission may accept financial liability for community nursing services provided to an entitled person who, due to dependency or complex needs, requires community nursing services which, in the opinion of the Commission, fall significantly outside those referred to in any arrangement between the Commission and a DVA-contracted community nursing provider.
“Fee Schedule” means a DVA document approved by the Commission or a member thereof, or by the Secretary to the Department, with the words “Fees” and ‘Schedule”, in relation to a category of health care provider, in the title to the document, that sets out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, the Commission will accept financial responsibility for treatment provided to an entitled person by the health care provider the subject of the document.
Note: Clause 1 of Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Act 1997 provides that: ‘high level of residential care means a level of residential care corresponding to a classification level applicable to residential care (other than a classification level applicable only to respite care) that is not lower than the mid-point of all such classification levels that could apply to residential care.
The phrases ‘classification level’ and ‘respite care’ used in this definition are also defined in the Aged Care Act 1997.
This definition does not exclude entitled persons in respite care or convalescent care.
“in force on the date in Schedule 1”, in relation to a document, means that on the date in Schedule 1 for the document:
(a) if the document may be approved under the Principles by the Commission or a member thereof or by the Secretary to the Department – the document has been so approved.
Note: an example being the Notes for Local Medical Officers (para.1.4.1).
(b) if the document is prepared on behalf of the Commission or the Department but is not required under the Principles to be approved in a manner in (a) – the document has been approved in a manner in (a).
(c) if the document is not prepared under (b) and is not required under the Principles to be approved in a manner in paragraph (a) – the document exists.
Note: an example being the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (para. 2.4.2A).
“in-home respite” means care provided to a person in his or her own home for a maximum of 196 hours in a Financial year to provide rest or relief from the role of caring:
(b) to the person’s carer.
Note: in-home respite is not relevant to the calculation of residential care amounts for residential care or residential care (respite).
“institution”, in Part 11, includes:
(a) a retirement village;
(b) a cluster of self-care units.
Note: retirement village is defined in section 5M of the Act and the intention is that the power of the Commission in subsection 5M(4) to determine premises have the same function as a retirement village, for the purposes of the Act, applies for the purposes of the Part 11 of the Principles.
(b) has been given a provider number, in respect of being a medical practitioner, that has not been suspended or revoked.
Note: a provider number may be a number used by the Department and adopted by the Department of Human Services.
“MBS” or “Medicare Benefits Schedule” mean, in the context of amounts payable for treatment under the Principles, a Fee Schedule, and in any other context means:
“medicare benefit” has the meaning it has in the Health Insurance Act 1973.
“medicare program” has the meaning it has in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.
“National Law” means a law of the Commonwealth, a State, or Territory, enacted pursuant to the Intergovernmental Agreement for a National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions made on 26 March 2008:
http://www.ahwo.gov.au/documents/National%20Registration%20and%20Accreditation/NATREG%20-%20Intergovernmental%20Agreement.pdf
(b) in the opinion of an employee of, or consultant to, the Department or the Department of Human Services, has appropriate qualifications in clinical neuropsychology and practises as a neuropsychologist.
“Notes for Allied Health Providers” means the document approved by the Secretary to the Department entitled “Notes for Allied Health Providers”, and in force on the date in Schedule 1, that sets out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, an allied health provider is to provide treatment to an entitled person in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment.
“Notes for Providers” means a DVA document approved by the Secretary to the Department, or by the Commission or a member thereof, with the word ‘Notes’ in its title, and in force on the date in Schedule 1, that sets out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, a health care provider is to provide treatment to an entitled person in order for the Commission to accept financial responsibility for that treatment.
“nursing-home-type care” means the treatment described in paragraph 9.3 of the Principles.
“occupational therapist” means an occupational therapist who has been given a provider number in respect of being an occupational therapist.
(a) who has been given a provider number in respect of being an occupational therapist; and
(b) who, in the opinion of an employee of, or consultant to, the Department or the Department of Human Services, has appropriate qualifications in occupational therapy in the area of mental health and who practises as an occupational therapist in the area of mental health.
“Optical Coherence Tomography” means the treatment comprised of a non-contact, non-invasive high resolution imaging technique that provides cross-sectional tomographic images of the ocular microstructure through the thickness of the retina.
“oral health therapist” means a person registered under the National Law that provides for the registration of dental practitioners but does not include a person:
(a) whose registration to practice as an oral health therapist has been suspended, or cancelled, following an inquiry relating to his or her conduct: and
(b) who has not, after that suspension or cancellation, again been authorised to practice as an oral health therapist.
Note: oral health therapists are practitioners who are dually qualified as dental therapists and dental hygienists.
Note 1: an other GP, unlike an LMO, does not provide treatment in accordance with the Notes for Local Medical Officers.
Note 2: a provider number may be a number used by the Department and adopted by the Department of Human Services
“practice nurse” means a registered nurse or enrolled nurse employed or engaged by an LMO as a nurse in the LMO’s practice.
“Principles” means the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 constituted by Instrument No. R54 of 2013.
“provider number” means the number:
(a) allocated by:
(i) the Chief Executive Medicare or by his or her delegate or by a person authorised by the Chief Executive Medicare — to a practitioner; or
(ii) the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare Australia under the Medicare Australia Act 1973 — to a practitioner; and
(b) which identifies the practitioner and the places where the practitioner practises his or her profession.
"psychologist” means a psychologist who has been given a provider number in respect of being a psychologist.
“RAP National Schedule of Equipment” means the document of that name approved by the Commission or a member thereof, or by the Secretary to the Department, and in force on the date in Schedule 1, that lists the surgical aids and appliances for self-help and rehabilitation available to an entitled person under the Department’s Rehabilitation Appliances Program.
"Rehabilitation Appliances Program (RAP) National Guidelines" means the document of that name approved by the Commission or a member thereof, or by the Secretary to the Department, and in force on the date in Schedule 1, that assists Commission delegates when determining approval for surgical aids and appliances for self-help and rehabilitation (items) available under the Department’s Rehabilitation Appliances Program and which informs prescribers and suppliers of the processes necessary for an item to be provided to an entitled person.
“registered nurse” means a person who is registered under a law of a State or Territory or of the Commonwealth to practise as a registered nurse.
"Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Card" means the identification card entitled 'Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Card' which is provided to a person pursuant to a determination under section 93X of the Act and which entitles the person to pharmaceutical benefits in accordance with the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Note: Part VA of the Act extends pharmaceutical benefits to eligible Commonwealth veterans, eligible allied veterans and to eligible allied mariners.
“Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme” means the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006.
(b) in relation to an entitled person (including a former prisoner of war or a person awarded the Victoria Cross) who is receiving, or received, residential care — an amount equivalent to the maximum daily amount of resident fees worked out under Division 58 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Note: ‘maximum daily amount of resident fees’ is worked out under section 58-2 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
"residential care (respite)" means residential care provided as respite and includes residential care (28 day respite).
"residential care (28 day respite)" means residential care provided as respite for up to 28 days in a Financial year pursuant to the Veterans' Home Care Program.
"Respite Care" means the service under the Veterans' Home Care Program consisting of in-home respite, residential care (28 day respite) or emergency short term home relief.
“revoked Treatment Principles” means the legislative instrument known as the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (No. R30 of 2006) made under section 16 of the Act.
"Rural Enhancement Scheme" means the scheme established by the Commission under subsection 84(1) of the Act, in consultation with the Australian Medical Association Ltd, and which has the following features:
“RPPPs” means the Repatriation Private Patient Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 determined by the Commission under section 17 of the Act.
(a) who has been given a provider number in respect of being a social worker; and
(b) who, in the opinion of an employee of, or consultant to, the Department or the Department of Human Services , has appropriate qualifications in social work in the area of mental health and who practises as a social worker in the area of mental health.
“veteran” means a person eligible for treatment under section 7 of the Act.
“Treatment principles” means the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 constituted by Instrument No. R54 of 2013.
“Veterans' Access Payment” means the amount set out in the DVA document entitled “Department of Veterans’ Affairs Fee Schedules for Medical Services”, in force on the date in schedule 1, and called the “Veterans’ Access Payment” — being an additional amount payable by the Department to an LMO for a medical service provided by the LMO to an entitled person in accordance with these Principles and the Notes for Local Medical Officers.
Note: a Veterans’ Access Payment is an amount additional to any amount otherwise payable by the Department to an LMO for a medical service provided by the LMO to an entitled person in accordance with these Principles and the Notes for Local Medical Officers.
“Veterans' Home Care Program” means the program of that name under the Treatment Principles in force under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
“war-caused”, in relation to an injury or disease of a person, means the injury or disease is maligant neoplasia for which the person is eligible for treatment under section 7 of the Act.
"White Card" means the identification card described as the Repatriation Health Card - For Specific Conditions and provided to a person who is eligible under the Act for treatment, subject to these Principles of malignant neoplasia;
1.4.2 In the Treatment Principles, if a Note follows a principle, paragraph or subparagraph, the Note is taken to be part of that principle, paragraph or subparagraph, as the case may be.
5. Paragraph 2.1.1
2.1.1 Subject to these Principles, the Commission may provide or arrange for treatment in Australia of:
(a) entitled persons who have been issued with:
(ii) a written authorisation issued on behalf of the Commission;
6. Paragraph 2.2.3 Note (1)
A "veteran" includes a former POW.
7. Paragraph 2.2.6
8. Paragraph 2.2.7 (including the Note)
9. Paragraph 2.4
2.4.1 The Commission will provide, or accept financial responsibility for, treatment of an entitled person for malignant neoplasia, on and from the date that is three months before the date on which an application to be provided with that treatment is received at an office of the Department in Australia.
2.4.2 The Commission will provide, or accept financial responsibility for, treatment of an entitled person under paragraph 2.4.1 if the treating medical practitioner considers that a malignant neoplasm is the actual or most likely diagnosis.
2.4.3 Continuing financial responsibility for treatment under paragraph 2.4.1 may be reviewed and may be withdrawn by the Commission if —
(a) the diagnosis is not confirmed to the satisfaction of the Commission within three months from the day on which an application to be provided with that treatment is received at an office of the Department in Australia; or
(b) the Commission is satisfied that the entitled person does not suffer, or no longer suffers, any incapacity from a malignant neoplasm.
2.4.4 The Commission will provide or accept financial responsibility for the treatment of other conditions, symptoms, or sequelae resulting from the treatment of malignant neoplasia where it has provided treatment or accepted financial responsibility under paragraph 2.4.1.
10. Paragraph 2.5
11. Paragraph 2.6
13. Paragraph 2.7A
14. Paragraph 2.7B
15. Paragraph 2.8 (including the Note)
2.8.1 The Commission will not provide, arrange, or accept financial responsibility for treatment for a person, as an entitled person, on or from the date of notification from the Department that the person is no longer eligible under section 7 of the Act.
16. Paragraph 4.3.1
(a) an entitled person who has been issued with a White Card for treatment of malignant neoplasia; or
(b) a person who has been issued with a written authorisation on behalf of the Commission authorising the person’s treatment for malignant neoplasia;
17. Paragraph 4.8.1(k)(including the Notes)
(k) vaccination for an entitled person who proposes to travel outside Australia.
18. Paragraph 5.2.5
5.2.5 The annual monetary limit set under Dental Schedule C in 5.2.1 will not apply in relation to a dental service for malignant neoplasia.
19. Paragraph 5.3
5.3.1 Subject to these Principles, an entitled person who holds a White Card or written authorisation issued on behalf of the Commission, may be provided with dental services at the expense of the Commission.
5.3.4 A person who holds a White Card is entitled to dental treatment of a dental condition associated with malignant neoplasia and will be provided with:
20. Paragraph 5.4.2
5.4.2 Financial responsibility for emergency dental treatment for persons who hold a “White Card " will only be accepted for treatment of a condition associated with malignant neoplasia for which the person is receiving treatment under principle 2.4.
21. Paragraph 5.5
22. Paragraph 5.7
5.7.1 Local Dental Officers or dental specialists may prescribe Pharmaceutical Benefits for entitled persons.
5.7.3 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for Pharmaceutical Benefits, available under the PBS, that are required as part of dental treatment for a condition associated with malignant neoplasia other than the amount that would have been payable by the person if the person were a “concessional beneficiary” under the National Health Act 1953.
5.7.4 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for Pharmaceutical Benefits that are not available under the PBS and are required as part of dental treatment for a condition associated with malignant neoplasia but such a prescription must be written on a private prescription.
23. Paragraph 6.2
6.2 Eligibility under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
6.2.1 A person is eligible to receive Pharmaceutical Benefits under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme if that person holds a “White Card" " for malignant neoplasia.
24. PART 6A
25. PART 6B
26. Paragraph 7.1A.1
or with the VVCS OPC Provider Notes, as the case may be,
27. Paragraph 7.1A.1 (the Table)
(except where providing service as outreach program counsellors)
28 Paragraph 7.1A.1 (the Table)
omit item 18.
29. Paragraph 7.3A – 7.3A.22 (inc.)
30. Paragraph 7.7A
31. Paragraph 9.1.1
as well as urgent treatment for Vietnam veterans, not otherwise entitled, and their dependants as indicated in principle 2.5,
32. Paragraph 9.1.1
33. Paragraph 9.3.2(d)
or (d) the entitled person is a former prisoner of war or an entitled veteran awarded the Victoria Cross;
34. Paragraph 9.3.3
35. Paragraph 10.1.1 (including the Notes)
Note 1‘residential care’ is defined in paragraph 1.4.1.
36. Paragraph 10.1.3 (the Note)
Note: The effect of paragraph 10.1.3 is to provide for payment to be made under the Act instead of the Aged Care Act 1997. Section 96-10 of the Aged Care Act 1997 provides that subsidies payable under Chapter 3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of treatment under, among other Acts, the Act, are not payable as an automatic appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under the Aged Care Act 1997 but are payable out of that Fund in accordance with the relevant appropriation provisions relating to the arrangement of treatment by the Repatriation Commission under the Act.
37. Paragraph 10.1.4
38. Paragraph 10.2
39. Heading to paragraph 10.4 and paragraph 10.4
40. Paragraph 10.5
41. Paragraph 10.6.2 (Note (3))
42. Paragraph 10.6.2 (Table and definitions)
43. Paragraph 10.6.8 Note (1)
Note (1): the effect of paragraph 10.6.8 is to provide for payment to be made under the Act instead of the Aged Care Act 1997. Section 96-10 of the Aged Care Act 1997 provides that subsidies payable under Chapter 3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of treatment under, among other Acts, the Act, are not payable as an automatic appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under the Aged Care Act 1997 but are payable out of that Fund in accordance with the relevant appropriation provisions relating to the arrangement of treatment by the Repatriation Commission under the Act.
44. Paragraph 10.6.9
45. Part 10 Part D – CARE AT HOME PACKAGES
46. Part 10 Part E - TRANSITION CARE CO-PAYMENT
47. Paragraph 11.3.1
veterans who have a medically assessed need for these items due to a war-caused injury or disease or a determined condition other than a determined residential care condition
entitled persons who have a medically assessed need for these items due to a condition associated with malignant neoplasia
48. Paragraph 11.3.2
only to veterans who are
only to entitled persons who, due to a condition associated with malignant neoplasia, are
49. Paragraph 11.3.3
legally blind veteran
legally blind entitled person
50. Paragraph 11.3.3 (a)
51. Paragraph 11.3.4 preamble and paragraph (a)
11.3.4 For the purposes of paragraph 11.3.2, a severely handicapped entitled person means a person:
(a) whose severe handicap was caused by a condition associated with malignant neoplasia; and
52. Paragraph 11.3.4 (c)
entitled person’s
53. Paragraphs 11.5.1 and 11.5.2
11.5.1 The Commission will approve the supply of a spectacle hearing aid when it is the only type of hearing aid appropriate and the person is entitled to the treatment of:
(b) deafness associated with malignant neoplasia; or
(c) a visual defect associated with malignant neoplasia and the need for a spectacle hearing aid arises from the person’s inability to accommodate spectacles and a separate hearing aid.
11.5.2 Where a person who has a hearing defect associated with malignant neoplasia is provided with a spectacle hearing aid under paragraph 11.5.1:
54. Paragraph 11.6.1(a)
(a) became bald as a result of a condition associated with malignant neoplasia or as a result of treatment of the condition; or
55. Paragraph 11.9.1B (the Note)
56. Paragraph 12.3.1 (the Note)
57. Paragraph 12.5
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(a) any arrangement entered into, or taken to have been entered into, by the Commission or the Department with a health provider, under the revoked Treatment Principles, being an arrangement that is in force immediately before the commencement of these Principles ¾ is taken to have been entered into under these Principles.
(b) any decision made, or action commenced, by the Commission, the Department, a health provider or an entitled person, under the revoked Treatment Principles being a decision or action that, immediately before the commencement of these Principles, was still in force or uncompleted, as the case may be, is taken, respectively, to have been made or instigated under these Principles.
(c) a Scheme (eg Local Medical Officer Scheme, Local Dental Officer Scheme) prepared by the Commission under the Treatment Principles (2013 No. R52) under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA TPs) and that is referred to in these Principles, is incorporated-by-reference into these Principles as those Schemes exist on the date the VEA TPs commence.
Note: for the purposes of s.14 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the documents containing the Schemes are incorporated into the Treatment Principles as they exist on a specific date (date the VEA TPs commence) and not how they may exist from time to time.
is 1 November 2013.