Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00143:section:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00143
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 10300–12819

who was the widow or a child of that member of the Forces, was, immediately before the commencing date, in receipt of a pension under a repealed Act in respect of the death of that member of the Forces, the Veterans' Entitlements Act applies to and in relation to the person as if:
 (a) that pension had been granted to the person under Part II of the Veterans' Entitlements Act;
 (b) the person had been determined, under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, to be a dependant of a deceased veteran; and
 (c) the death of that member of the Forces had been determined, under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, to be war‑caused.
 (4) Where a person who was a member of the Forces, or a member of a Peacekeeping Force, as defined by section 107J of the Repatriation Act was, immediately before the commencing date, in receipt of a pension under that Act in respect of an injury suffered, or disease contracted, by the person, the Veterans' Entitlements Act applies to and in relation to the person as if:
 (a) that pension had been granted to the person under Part IV of the Veterans' Entitlements Act;
 (b) that person had been determined, under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, to be a member of the Forces, or a member of a Peacekeeping Force, as the case may be, as defined by subsection 68(1) of that Act; and
 (c) that injury had been determined, under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, to be a defence‑caused injury or that disease had been so determined to be a defence‑caused disease, as the case may be.
 (5) Where a person who was a dependant of a deceased member of the Forces, or of a deceased member of a Peacekeeping Force, as defined by section 107J of the Repatriation Act, being a person who was the widow or a child of that deceased member, was, immediately before the commencing date, in receipt of a pension under that Act in respect of the death of that member, the Veterans' Entitlements Act applies to and in relation to that person as if:
 (a) that pension had been granted to the person under Part IV of the Veterans' Entitlements Act;
 (b) that person had been determined, under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, to be a dependant of a deceased member of the Forces, or of a deceased member of a Peacekeeping Force, as the case may be; and
 (c) the death of that member of the Forces, or of that member of a Peacekeeping Force, as the case may be, had been determined, under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, to be defence‑caused.
 (6) Subject to section 6 of this Act, where a person was, immediately before