Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:85:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 85 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 1313617–1316190

3 of the table in subsection 144B(3) of that Act, this subsection applies to the person and the injury.
 (3) Where a veteran:
 (a) is in receipt of a pension under Part II at the general rate or at a higher rate; or
 (b) is in receipt of a pension under Part II in respect of incapacity from a war‑caused injury or a war‑caused disease of a kind described in column 1 of the table in subsection 27(1);
the veteran is eligible to be provided, from and including the date as from which a pension is so payable to the veteran, with treatment under this Part for any injury suffered, or disease contracted, by the veteran, whether before or after the commencement of this Act.
 (4) Where:
 (a) a veteran rendered, while a member of the Defence Force, continuous full‑time service during World War 1;
 (aa) a female veteran rendered, while a member of the Defence Force, service of the kind referred to in subparagraph 7A(1)(a)(i) during the period referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of period of hostilities in subsection 5B(1);
 (b) before the MRCA commencement date a veteran was, while a member of the Defence Force, a prisoner of war during a war to which this Act applies or while serving on operational service; or
 (c) the veteran is a person who was an eligible civilian within the meaning of subsection 5C(1) and was, while he or she was such a civilian, detained by the enemy during World War 2;
the veteran is eligible to be provided, from and including the date on which the veteran's application to be provided with treatment is lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section 5T, with treatment under this Part for any injury suffered, or disease contracted, by the veteran, whether before or after the commencement of this Act.
 (4A) A veteran is eligible to be provided with treatment under this Part for any injury suffered, or disease contracted, by the veteran, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, if:
 (a) the veteran is 70 or over; and
 (b) the veteran has rendered qualifying service during the period covered by paragraph (b) of the definition of period of hostilities in subsection 5B(1); and
 (c) either:
 (i) the Department has notified the veteran in writing that he or she is or will be eligible for such treatment; or
 (ii) the veteran has, by written document lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section 5T, notified the Department that he or she seeks eligibility for such treatment.
 (4B) A veteran is eligible to be provided with treatment under this