Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:99:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 99 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1423092–1425665

99  Further funeral benefits—veterans
 (1) The Commission may grant a benefit, called a funeral benefit, towards the funeral expenses incurred in respect of the funeral of:
 (a) a veteran whose death was war‑caused;
 (d) a veteran who has died in indigent circumstances; or
 (e) subject to subsection (3), a veteran who has died:
 (i) in an institution;
 (ii) while travelling to or from an institution;
 (iii) after having been discharged from an institution in which the veteran was being treated for a terminal illness; or
 (iv) while being treated for a terminal illness at the veteran's home instead of at an institution.
Note: See sections 111 and 113 for the making of an application for a funeral benefit under this subsection.
 (2) The Commission may grant a benefit (funeral benefit) towards the funeral expenses incurred in respect of the funeral of a veteran if, after the death of the veteran:
 (a) a pension is granted to the veteran that is determined to be payable, from a date before the veteran's death:
 (i) at a rate that is worked out under subsection 22(4); or
 (ii) at a rate that is worked out under section 24; or
 (iii) at a rate that is worked out under section 27 because the veteran was suffering from incapacity from a war‑caused injury or a war‑caused disease of a kind described in any of items 1 to 8 of the Table in subsection 27(1); or
 (b) the rate of a pension that was payable to the veteran under Part II is increased, as from a date before the veteran's death because:
 (i) subsection 22(4) or section 24 applied to the veteran as from that date; or
 (ii) section 27 applied to the veteran as from that date because of incapacity from a war‑caused injury or a war‑caused disease of a kind described in any of items 1 to 8 of the Table in subsection 27(1); or
 (c) information is received which satisfies the Commission that the veteran was, before the MRCA commencement date, made a prisoner of war at a time when the veteran was rendering operational service.
Note: See sections 111 and 113 for the making of an application for a funeral benefit under this subsection.
 (3) A funeral benefit must not to be granted under paragraph (1)(e) unless:
 (a) if subparagraph (1)(e)(i) or (ii) applies—treatment is or was provided in the institution; and
 (b) in any case—the treatment is or was arranged:
 (i) by the Commission under Part V of this Act; or
 (ii) by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission under Chapter 6 of the MRCA.
 (3A) A funeral benefit is not to be granted under subsection (2) in respect of a veteran