Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:85:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 85 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 1318312–1320897

veteran is not already being provided with treatment for any injury or disease under Chapter 6 of the MRCA.
 (8) Where a service pension is suspended, the Commission may, by instrument in writing, determine, for the purposes of the application of the provisions of this section to and in relation to the person to whom the pension was granted, that that person shall be treated as if he or she were continuing to receive that pension during the period, or a specified part of the period, of the suspension.
 (9) Where:
 (a) a veteran, while a member of the Defence Force, rendered continuous full‑time service outside Australia in the area described in item 4 or 8 of Schedule 2 (in column 1) while that area was an operational area, whether or not the veteran rendered that service:
 (i) as a member of a unit of the Defence Force that was allotted for duty; or
 (ii) as a person who was allotted for duty;
  in that area; and
 (b) the Commission is satisfied that the veteran requires urgent treatment for an injury suffered, or disease contracted, by the veteran, whether before or after the commencement of this Act;
the veteran is eligible to be provided with treatment under this Part for that injury or disease:
 (c) at a hospital formerly operated and maintained by the Commission, if the Commission is satisfied that provision of that treatment will not adversely affect the capacity of the person operating the hospital to provide treatment at that hospital for veterans eligible to be provided with treatment by virtue of a preceding subsection or dependants of veterans eligible to be provided with treatment by virtue of subsection 86(1), (2), (3) or (4);
 (d) at a hospital in a country area of a State operated by that State, being a hospital in respect of which the Commission has entered into arrangements of a kind referred to in paragraph 89(1)(b); or
 (e) at a hospital in a Territory, being a hospital operated by the Commonwealth or the Government of that Territory in respect of which the Commission has entered into arrangements of a kind referred to in paragraph 89(1)(b).
 (10) Where a veteran has been provided with treatment at a hospital under subsection (9) for an injury or disease, the Commission may provide further treatment for that injury or disease otherwise than at a hospital of a kind referred to in that subsection if it is of the opinion that that further treatment is desirable.
 (11) Where a veteran would, but for the operation of section 26, 30C, 30D or 74, be in receipt of a pension under Part II:
 (a) at a rate referred to in paragraph