Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01209:reg:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01209
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4
Character Range: 1573–3058

4  Simplified outline of this instrument

      The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (the MRCC) may grant an acute support package to a person who is:
         (a) an employee; or
         (b) the spouse of a deceased employee; or
         (c) the former spouse of an employee; or
         (d) a related person of an employee; or
         (e) a parent or step‑parent of a deceased employee, or a parent or step‑parent of another person who was the spouse of an employee at any time before the employee's death;
      if the person meets certain eligibility criteria and the MRCC is satisfied that it is appropriate to grant the package to assist the person to adjust to new and challenging life circumstances (section 6).
      The MRCC must prepare a support plan for the person that outlines, among other things, the persons who will be provided with assistance or benefits under the support plan, the kinds of assistance or benefits that will be provided, and the periods during which the assistance or benefits will be provided (section 7). The support plan may be varied or revoked by the MRCC in the circumstances outlined in section 8.
      Under an acute support package, assistance or benefits may be provided in the circumstances outlined in section 9. Additional counselling (section 10) and additional assistance or benefits in relation to children attending, or not yet attending, primary school may also be provided to certain persons (section 11).