Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01082:reg:26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01082
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 26
Character Range: 17515–18240

26  Transitional provision—Part VIIC of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) a veteran died before 1 July 2009; and
 (b) immediately before the veteran's death, a person was not the partner of the veteran; and
 (c) the person would have been:
 (i) a war widow or war widower of the veteran, for the purposes of subsection 118V(1A) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986; or
 (ii) the widow or widower of a veteran, for the purposes of subparagraph 118V(3)(a)(iii) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986;
  if the Act had been in force at the time of the veteran's death.
 (2) Part VIIC of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applies to the person as if the veteran had died on 1 July 2009.