Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017:clause:2_257a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00017
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 257A (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 152910–155371

VEA eligible grandchild means a person determined under subsection 257C(4) to be included in a class of persons that has been determined by the Commission under subsection 257B(2).
 (2) If, after the death of a member of the Forces, or of a member of a Peacekeeping Force, a pension is granted in respect of the member under Part IV of the VEA, or the rate of the pension granted to the member under Part IV of the VEA is increased, as from a date before the death of the member in circumstances where:
 (a) subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applied to the member; or
 (b) the member was suffering from an incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1) of the VEA;
then, the member is taken, for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of VEA eligible child in subsection (1) of this section, to have been:
 (c) if paragraph (a) of this subsection applies—a member to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applied immediately before the member's death; or
 (d) if paragraph (b) of this subsection applies—in receipt of that pension or of pension at that increased rate, as the case may be, immediately before the member's death.
 (3) If, after the death of a veteran, a pension is granted in respect of the veteran under Part II of the VEA, or the rate of the pension granted to the veteran under Part II of that Act is increased, as from a date before the death of the veteran in circumstances where:
 (a) subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applied to the veteran; or
 (b) the veteran was suffering from an incapacity of a kind described in item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the table in subsection 27(1) of the VEA;
then, the veteran is taken, for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of the definition of VEA eligible child in subsection (1) of this section, to have been:
 (c) if paragraph (a) of this subsection applies—a veteran to whom subsection 22(4) or section 24 of the VEA applied immediately before the veteran's death; or
 (d) if paragraph (b) of this subsection applies—in receipt of that pension or of pension at that increased rate, as the case may be, immediately before the veteran's death.

Extended meaning of child
 (4) A reference in subsection (1) to a child of a person (however described) includes a reference to any child who is, or was immediately before the death of the person, wholly or substantially dependent on the person.
 (5) For the purposes of