Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:20:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 20 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 337861–339230

dependant who is the widow or widower of the veteran, that is in writing but not in accordance with a form approved for the purposes of paragraph 14(3)(a); and
 (b) that claim is made less than 6 months after the death of the veteran; and
 (c) the person subsequently makes a claim for the pension in accordance with an approved form:
 (i) at a time when the person had not been notified by the Department in writing that it would be necessary to make the claim in accordance with an approved form; or
 (ii) within 6 months after the person had been so notified; and
 (d) a pension for a dependant of a deceased veteran, being a dependant who is the widow or widower of the veteran, is granted to the person on consideration of the claim in accordance with an approved form;
the Commission may, subject to this Act, specify as a date that a determination under subsection 19(3) takes effect in respect of the claim a date not earlier than 6 months before the date on which the claim referred to in paragraph (a) was received at an office of the Department in Australia.
 (3) Nothing in this section empowers the Commission to specify as a date that a determination of a claim under subsection 19(3) takes effect in respect of a person who has made a claim for a pension under section 14, a date before the date that the person became eligible to be granted the pension.