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Repatriation Commission

Veterans' Entitlements (Annual General Practitioner Health Assessment for First Five Years Post-Discharge) Determination 2019

Instrument 2018 No. R93

The Repatriation Commission, under paragraphs 88A (1)(a) and (d) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, makes the following instrument.

Dated this        11th           of      April               2019

The Seal of the                                                               )
Repatriation Commission                                              )
was affixed hereto in the                                                ) SEAL
presence of:                                                                    )
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……Elizabeth Cosson……         …………C Orme……………
ELIZABETH COSSON             CRAIG ORME
AM CSC                       DSC AM CSC
PRESIDENT                    DEPUTY PRESIDENT

…………M A Kelly………………          ………D Spinks…………
MAJOR GENERAL MARK KELLY     DONALD SPINKS
AO DSC                       AM
COMMISSIONER                 COMMISSIONER

1 Name

   This instrument is the Veterans' Entitlements (Annual General Practitioner Health Assessment for First Five Years Post-Discharge) Determination 2019.

2 Commencement

   This instrument commences on 1 July 2019.

3 Authority

   This instrument is made under paragraphs 88A (1)(a) and (d) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

4 Purpose

   The purpose of this instrument is to enable persons within a class specified in section 6 to receive treatment consisting of one comprehensive health assessment by a general practitioner during each 12 month period of the person's five year health assessment period.

   Note 1: A person's comprehensive health assessment by a general practitioner during each 12 month period of the person's five year health assessment period is in addition to any other health assessment available to the person as a client of the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

   Note 2: Health assessment period is defined in section 5.

5 Definitions

   In this instrument:

   Act means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

   health assessment period for a person means the period of five years starting on the day on which the person ceases to be a member of the Permanent Forces or the Reserves.

   Note: A person over time may have more than one health assessment period.

   Permanent Forces has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903.

   Reserves has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903.

   Note: The term 'continuous full-time service' is defined in section 5C(1) of the Act.

6 Specified class

For paragraphs 88A(1)(a) and (d) of the Act, the specified class is a person who:

     (a)     has rendered at least one day of continuous full-time service; and

     (b)     on or after 1 July 2019, ceases to be a member of the Permanent Forces or the Reserves.

7 Specified kind of treatment

   A person who is in the specified class in section 6 is eligible to be provided with treatment under Part V of the Act consisting of one comprehensive health assessment by a general practitioner during each 12 month period of the person's health assessment period.

   Note: The Treatment Principles under section 90 of the Act, the Repatriation Private Patient Principles