Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:93m
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Provision Reference: s 93M
Character Range: 1377675–1378793

93M  Who is eligible?
 (1) A Commonwealth veteran, an allied veteran or an allied mariner is eligible for a pharmaceutical benefits card under this Part if the veteran or mariner:
 (a) is 70 years of age or older; and
 (b) has rendered qualifying service during a period covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of period of hostilities in subsection 5B(1); and
 (c) has been an Australian resident for a continuous period of at least 10 years.
Note 1: For qualifying service see section 7A and Division II of Part III.
Note 2: For Australian resident see section 5G.
 (2) If:
 (a) a Commonwealth veteran, allied veteran or allied mariner has been an Australian resident during more than one period; and
 (b) the longer or longest of those periods is less than 10 years but is not less than 5 years; and
 (c) the aggregate of those periods is more than 10 years;
then, in the application of paragraph (1)(c) to the veteran or mariner, the period of 10 years specified in that paragraph is to be reduced by a period equal to the period by which the aggregate is more than 10 years.

Subdivision B—Entitlement