Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00207:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00207
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 8297–11282

Note: section 115C of the Act provides this protection.
 (b) after a veteran has completed an approved program under Chapter 2, if the veteran is, for any reason, unemployed for a continuous period of at least two weeks, the pension reduction amount for each pension payday is reduced to nil so that pension is to be restored to the veteran's pension rate at the commencement of an approved program; and
Note: subsection 115D(4) of the Act provides this protection.
 (c) if the sum of the veteran's salary, wages or earnings per fortnight from remunerative work and the fortnightly rate of pension would be less than the rate of pension that the veteran would have received if the veteran had not undertaken the approved program, the pension reduction amount can, upon application to the Commission under section 115E of the Act, be reduced;
Note: section 115F of the Act provides this protection.
medical management service means a service that is an adjunct to medical treatment and is designed to monitor a person's medical treatment with the aim of restoring or maximising the person's physical or psychological function;
Note: Examples of medical management services include, but are not limited to, coordination of medical providers to establish a treatment program, and intensive case management to facilitate regular attendance at medical appointments.
psychosocial service means a rehabilitative, skill-building or recovery-oriented service that aims to restore a person to his or her optimal level of independent functioning within the community;
Note: Examples of psychosocial services include community inclusion activities, pain management, adjustment to disability counselling, family education, and drug and alcohol management.
Scheme means this Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme 2024;
Secretary means the Secretary to the Department;
semester has the meaning given by section 34 of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988;
service provider means a person or organisation with which the Commission or the Department has entered into an arrangement to provide services for the purposes of this Scheme;
suitable paid employment outcome means, as a minimum:
 (a) if the veteran is not undertaking any remunerative work—recommencing substantial remunerative work;
 (b) if the veteran is undertaking part‑time remunerative work—increasing substantially the number of hours of remunerative work undertaken;
 (c) if the veteran is undertaking part‑time remunerative work and the veteran is at risk of losing that work—maintaining the veteran in part‑time remunerative work;
 (d) if the veteran is undertaking full‑time remunerative work and the veteran is at risk of having to reduce that work substantially—maintaining the veteran in full‑time remunerative work;
 (e) if the veteran is undertaking full‑time remunerative work and the veteran is at risk of losing that work—maintaining the veteran in substantial remunerative work;
 (f) if a veteran is otherwise at risk