Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00143:section:14:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00143
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 39782–42418

before that date, eligible to be provided with medical treatment under the Repatriation Regulations, the person is eligible to be provided with treatment under Part V of the Veterans' Entitlements Act, on and after the commencing date, for any injury suffered, or disease contracted, by the person as if:
 (a) the member of the Forces had been determined, under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, to be a veteran as defined by paragraph (a) of the definition of veteran in subsection 5C(1) of that Act;
 (b) the person was a dependant of that veteran for the purposes of subsection 86(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; and
 (c) a determination under that Act were in force determining that the death of that veteran was war‑caused.
 (6) A widowed mother, or a widowed step‑mother, of a member of the Forces who has re‑married after the death of the member (whether before, on or after the commencing date), is not eligible to be provided with treatment under Part V of the Veterans' Entitlements Act by virtue of subsection (5) of this section at any time after her re‑marriage or marriage.
 (7) For the purpose of subsection (5), each of the following regulations is a prescribed regulation:
 (a) regulation 73 of the Repatriation Regulations;
 (b) regulation 38 of the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Regulations; and
 (c) regulation 38 of the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Regulations.
 (8) In subsections (5) and (6):
child, in relation to a deceased member of the Forces, includes a person who, after the termination of the pension granted to the person under a repealed Act as the child of a member of the Forces has been granted a further pension under subsection 39(4) or 46A(1) of the Repatriation Act.
widowed mother, in relation to a deceased member of the Forces means a widowed person:
 (a) who is the mother of the member; or
 (b) if the member was born out of wedlock—who is the woman by whom the member was brought up;
being a person who became a widow prior to, or within 3 years after, the death of the member, and includes the unmarried mother of the member by whom the member was brought up.
widowed step‑mother, in relation to a deceased member of the Forces, means a widowed step‑mother of the member who became a widow prior to, or within 3 years after, the death of the member.
 (9) Where a person who was a member of the Forces was, immediately before the commencing date, eligible to be provided with medical treatment for venereal disease contracted during war service, by virtue of a determination or decision in force under a prescribed regulation, the person is eligible to be provided