Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:24a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 24A
Character Range: 356446–357979

24A  Continuation of rates of certain pensions
 (1) Subject to subsections (1A) and (2), if the Commonwealth is or becomes liable to pay a pension to a veteran at the rate applicable under section 23 or 24, that rate continues, while a pension continues to be payable to the veteran, to apply to the veteran unless:
 (a) the decision to apply that rate of pension to the veteran would not have been made but for a false statement or misrepresentation made by a person;
 (b) in the case of a veteran to whom section 23 applies:
 (i) the veteran is undertaking or is capable of undertaking remunerative work of a particular kind for 50% or more of the time (excluding overtime) ordinarily worked by persons engaged in work of that kind on a full time basis; or
 (ii) in a case where subparagraph (i) is inapplicable to the work which the veteran is undertaking or is capable of undertaking—the veteran is undertaking or is capable of undertaking that work for 20 or more hours per week; or
 (c) in the case of a veteran to whom section 24 applies—the veteran is undertaking or is capable of undertaking remunerative work for periods aggregating more than 8 hours per week.
 (1A) However, subsection (1) does not prevent a rate applicable under subsection 24(4), (5) or (5A) from being reduced to give effect to subsection 24(6).
 (2) Paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) do not apply to a veteran if the veteran is undertaking a rehabilitation program under the Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme or section 115D applies to the veteran.