Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:116:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 116 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1496299–1498676

116  Interpretation
 (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
eligible child means:
 (a) an eligible child of a member of the Forces, or of a member of a Peacekeeping Force; or
 (b) an eligible child of a veteran.
eligible child of a member of the Forces, or of a member of a Peacekeeping Force 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; or
 (ii) who was, immediately before his or her death, a member to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 applied; or
 (iii) who was, immediately before his or her death, in receipt of a pension under Part IV in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1); 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 applies; or
 (ii) who is in receipt of a pension under Part IV in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1).
eligible child of a veteran means:
 (a) a child of a deceased veteran, being a veteran:
 (i) whose death was war‑caused; or
 (ii) who was, immediately before his or her death, a veteran to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 applied; or
 (iii) who was, immediately before his or her death, in receipt of a pension under Part II in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1); or
 (iv) who was a prisoner of war at a time when the veteran was on operational service; or
 (b) a child of a veteran, being a veteran:
 (i) to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 applies; or
 (ii) who is in receipt of a pension under Part II in respect of incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1); or
 (d) a child of a deceased veteran, being a child who is in receipt of, or is eligible to be granted, a pension under subsection 13(4); or
 (e) a person determined under subsection 116C(2) to be included in a class that has been determined by the Commission under subsection 116A(1) for the purposes of this paragraph.
eligible grandchild of a Vietnam veteran means a person determined under subsection 116CC(2) to be included in a class of persons that has been determined by the Commission under