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Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2002
Details: C2004A01011
- C2004A01011
Act No. 74 of 2002 as made
Originating Bill: Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2002
C2004A01011
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2002
No. 74, 2002
Part 1—Amendments concerning double counting 3
Part 2—Amendments concerning lump sum compensation payments 4
Part 3—Amendments concerning entry contributions to retirement villages 7
Part 4—Amendments concerning telephone allowance 8
Part 5—Amendments concerning rent assistance for persons receiving family tax benefit 9
Part 6—Amendments concerning eligibility for Pension Loans Scheme 10
Part 7—Amendments concerning seniors health cards 11
Part 8—Amendment relating to non‑illness separated spouses 12
This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2002.
Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Further Budget 2000 and Other Measures) Act 2002
Part 1—Amendments concerning double counting
(ea) any payment of compensation (other than a payment referred to in paragraph (e)) to the extent that the payment is taken into account:
Omit “paragraph (b), (c) or (e)”, substitute “paragraph (b), (c), (e) or (ea)”.
Part 2—Amendments concerning lump sum compensation payments
Omit “subsections (4) and (5)”, substitute “subsections (4), (5) and (5AA)”.
(b) the person’s partner receives or is eligible for a compensation affected pension, or a compensation affected payment (under the Social Security Act), for a day or days in:
(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies—the periodic payments period in respect of the compensation; or
(ii) if the compensation is lump sum compensation for which payment is received by the person or the person’s partner before 20 March 1997—the lump sum preclusion period;
(b) the person’s partner receives or is eligible for a compensation affected pension, or a compensation affected payment (under the Social Security Act), for a day or days in the lump sum preclusion period in respect of lump sum compensation received by the person on or after 20 March 1997;
(c) the sum of all the payments of compensation affected pension made to the person for the lump sum preclusion period;
(d) the compensation part of the lump sum payment;
(e) the maximum amount that the compensation payer is liable to pay to the person in relation to the matter at any time after receiving:
(i) a preliminary notice under section 59Y in relation to the matter; or
(ii) if the compensation payer has not received a preliminary notice—the recovery notice under this section in relation to the matter.
(e) the maximum amount for which the insurer is liable to indemnify the compensation payer in relation to the matter at any time after receiving:
(i) a preliminary notice under section 59ZE in relation to the matter; or
(ii) if the insurer has not received a preliminary notice—the recovery notice under this section in relation to the matter.
Part 3—Amendments concerning entry contributions to retirement villages
Omit “5N(2), (3), (4)”, substitute “5N”.
Omit “subsections (2) and (3)”, substitute “this section”.
(3AA) To avoid doubt, an amount that is paid or becomes payable by a person is not rent in relation to the person (either at the time when it is paid or becomes payable or at any later time) if the amount is, or forms part of, a special resident’s entry contribution in relation to the person in respect of a retirement village under section 52M, whether the amount is paid or payable (whether wholly or partly) in a lump sum, by instalments or otherwise.
Part 4—Amendments concerning telephone allowance
(b) who has a telephone service connected in Australia; and
Omit “whose telephone service”, substitute “the telephone service”.
Part 5—Amendments concerning rent assistance for persons receiving family tax benefit
14 Paragraph SCH6‑C3(f)
(i) if the person is not a member of a couple, or is a member of an illness separated couple or a respite care couple and is entitled to be paid a family tax benefit—the person’s maximum Part A rate of family tax benefit does not include rent assistance;
(ii) if the person is a member of a couple other than an illness separated couple or a respite care couple and the person, or the person’s partner, is entitled to be paid family tax benefit—the maximum Part A rate of family tax benefit of the person, or the person’s partner, does not include rent assistance.
15 After paragraph SCH6‑E10(c)
(ca) under the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999; or
Part 6—Amendments concerning eligibility for Pension Loans Scheme
(d) the person has reached:
(i) if the person is receiving or is eligible for service pension—pension age; or
(ii) if the person is receiving or is eligible for income support supplement—qualifying age; and
(i) is a veteran and has reached pension age; or
(ii) is the partner of a veteran referred to in subparagraph (i); or
(iii) is receiving or is eligible for an income support supplement and has reached qualifying age; and
Part 7—Amendments concerning seniors health cards
(1A) A person is eligible for a seniors health card if the person:
(a) is a war widow or a war widower; and
(b) has reached qualifying age; and
(d) is in Australia; and
(e) is not receiving income support supplement; and
(f) satisfies the seniors health card income test; and
(g) is not eligible for a seniors health card under subsection (1).
Omit “under subsection (1)”, substitute “under subsection (1) or (1A)”.
Omit “or income support supplement” (wherever occurring).
(4A) In subsection (1A), qualifying age has the meaning given by subsection 45A(2)).
Part 8—Amendment relating to non‑illness separated spouses
26 Subsection 5E(1) (definition of non‑illness separated spouse)
non‑illness separated spouse means a person:
(a) who is legally married to another person but living separately and apart from that other person on a permanent basis; and
(b) whose separation has not resulted in a direction under subsection 5R(5).
(141/02)
Senate on 26 August 2002]