Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04077:section:1918:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04077
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1918 (pt 4/11)
Character Range: 8283–11108

subparagraph (g) (ii) of the definition of "Australian Soldier" in subsection (1) and substituting "as a person who";

Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of the Veterans' Entitlements (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Amendment Act 1986

     (c) by omitting paragraph (ga) of the definition of "Australian Soldier" in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

         "(ga) a person who, as a member of the Defence Force or as a member of a unit of the Defence Force, was allotted for duty within the meaning of subsection 5 (12) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 in the operational area described in item 9 of Schedule 2 to that Act during the period specified in that item;";

  Commencement: 18 February 1989

     (d) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (ga) of the definition of "Australian Soldier" in subsection (1):

         "(gb) a person who, as a member of the Defence Force or as a member of a unit of the Defence Force, was allotted for duty within the meaning of subsection 5 (12) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 in the operational area described in item 10 of Schedule 2 to that Act during the period specified in that item and whose first service in the Defence Force began on or before 14 May 1985;";

  Commencement: 2 August 1990

     (e) by inserting "(other than a widow's advance or an advance for essential repairs)" after "subsidised advance" in the definition of "further advance" in subsection (1);

  Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

  (f) by omitting "otherwise than merely because the person is or was the personal representative of a deceased purchaser or borrower as so defined" from paragraph (a) of the definition of "further advance" in subsection (1) and substituting:

   "otherwise than:

       (i) merely because the person is or was the personal representative of a deceased purchaser or borrower as so defined; or

       (ii) merely because the person is or was a joint purchaser or borrower as so defined with the person's spouse and became such a purchaser or borrower on the basis that the person's spouse was an eligible person;";

Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

  (g) by omitting "otherwise than merely because the person is or was the personal representative of a deceased purchaser or borrower as so defined" from the definition of "initial advance" in subsection (1) and substituting:

   "otherwise than:

       (a) merely because the person is or was the personal representative of a deceased purchaser or borrower as so defined; or

       (b) merely because the person is or was a joint purchaser or borrower as so defined with the person's spouse and became such a purchaser or borrower on the basis that the person's spouse was an eligible person;";

Commencement: Day of Royal