Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017:clause:2_257a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 257A (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 150815–153145

257A  Definitions
 (1) In this Division:
VEA eligible child means:
 (a) a child of a deceased member of the Forces, or of a deceased member of a Peacekeeping Force, being a member:
 (i) whose death was defence‑caused (within the meaning of the VEA); or
 (ii) who was, immediately before the member's death, a member to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applied; or
 (iii) who was, immediately before the member's death, in receipt of a pension under Part IV of the VEA in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1) of that Act; or
 (b) a child of a member of the Forces, or of a member of a Peacekeeping Force, being a member:
 (i) to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applies; or
 (ii) who is in receipt of a pension under Part IV of the VEA in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1) of that Act; or
 (c) a child of a deceased veteran, being a veteran:
 (i) whose death was war‑caused (within the meaning of the VEA); or
 (ii) who was, immediately before the veteran's death, a veteran to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applied; or
 (iii) who was, immediately before the veteran's death, in receipt of a pension under Part II of the VEA in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1) of that Act; or
 (iv) who was a prisoner of war at a time when the veteran was on operational service; or
 (d) a child of a veteran, being a veteran:
 (i) to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applies; or
 (ii) who is in receipt of a pension under Part II of the VEA in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1) of that Act; or
 (e) a child of a deceased veteran, being a child who is in receipt of a pension under subsection 13(4) of the VEA; or
 (f) a person determined under subsection 257C(4) of this Act to be included in a class that has been determined by the Commission under subsection 257B(1) of this Act.
VEA eligible grandchild means a person determined under subsection 257C(4) to be included in a class of persons that has been determined by the Commission under subsection 257B(2).
 (2) If, after the death of a member of the Forces, or