Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01082:reg:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01082
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 22
Character Range: 15284–15957

22  Transitional provision—Part III of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) a veteran died before 1 July 2009; and
 (b) immediately before the veteran's death, a person was not the partner of the veteran; and
 (c) the person would have been the widow or widower of the veteran, for the purposes of section 38 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, if the Act had been in force at the time of the veteran's death.
 (2) Part III of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applies to the person as if:
 (a) the veteran had died on 1 July 2009; and
 (b) the person was receiving a partner service pension immediately before the veteran's death.