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11  Backdating determinations of entitlement to pension
(1) If, on or after the commencement of this item, the Commission grants a claim for a pension under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 on the basis of a person's British nuclear test defence service (within the meaning of subsection 69B(5) of that Act), then subsection 20(3) of that Act does not apply in relation to the grant of that claim.
Note: Subsection 20(3) of that Act prevents backdating of the grant of pension claims before the date of eligibility for the pension.
(2) For the purposes of subitem (1), it does not matter whether the claim is made before, on or after the commencement of this item.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 22 September 2011
Senate on 13 October 2011]
(194/11)