Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00049:clause:3_56
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00049
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 56
Character Range: 46303–47719

56  Preserving things done before commencement—Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
(1) The following provisions of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 apply on and after the commencement of this item as if a reference to a lump sum mentioned in subsection 236(5) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 included a reference to an old lump sum:
 (a) subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition of war widow in subsection 5E(1);
 (b) subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition of war widower in subsection 5E(1);
 (c) paragraph 5H(8)(zu);
 (d) paragraph (b) of the definition of war widow/war widower—pensioner in subsection 5Q(1);
 (e) paragraph 45N(1)(d);
 (f) subparagraph 45R(2)(a)(ii);
 (g) subparagraph 45TB(3)(a)(iii).
(2) If a choice was made before the commencement of this item under section 236 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (the MRCA), then:
 (a) if the choice was to be paid the weekly amount—paragraph (ca) of the definition of adjusted income in subsection 5H(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applies, on and after that commencement, as if the person had not made a choice under section 236 of the MRCA (as amended by this Schedule); and
 (b) if the choice was to be paid the lump sum—paragraph (cb) of that definition is taken to apply, on and after that commencement, as if the choice were a choice under section 236 of the MRCA (as amended by this Schedule).