Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04077:section:1918:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04077
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1918 (pt 5/11)
Character Range: 10879–13714

because the person is or was a joint purchaser or borrower as so defined with the person's spouse and became such a purchaser or borrower on the basis that the person's spouse was an eligible person;";

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(h) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

   " 'approved' means approved by the Minister in writing for the purposes of this Act;

   'balance' has the same meaning as in the agreement;

   'limit' has the same meaning as in the agreement;

   'retirement village' means:

       (a) a retirement village registered under an approved law of a State or Territory; or

       (b) in the case of a State or Territory that has no approved law—a retirement village within the meaning of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986;";

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  (j) by inserting in paragraph (2) (a) "within the meaning of subsection 5 (12) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986" after "operational area".

Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of the Veterans' Entitlements (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Amendment Act 1986

  (k) by adding at the end the following subsections:

     "(6) For the purposes of this Act a person is taken, subject to subsection (7), to have a right of residence in a retirement village if the person has a right of permanent residence in the retirement village, subject to any contractual conditions governing the person's residence.

     "(7) For the purposes of this Act a person is not taken to have a right of residence in a retirement village if the person's right of residence is derived from the person's interest in a holding of the person.

     "(8) In this Act, a reference to a person's retirement village accommodation means that part of a retirement village in which the person has, or the person and the person's spouse have, obtained a right of residence.".

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Regular Serviceman

8. Section 4aaa is amended by omitting "but does not include a person whose first service in the Defence Force began after 14 May 1985" and substituting "but not if the person's first service in the Defence Force began after 14 May 1985".

  Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

Criteria for issue of certificate of entitlement: advances other than widows' advances and advances for essential repairs

  9. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting paragraph (1) (b) and substituting the following word and paragraph:

     "; and (b) the person:

                 (i) is neither the owner of any dwelling-house; nor

                 (ii) has a right of residence in a retirement village;

             other than the dwelling-house or right of residence, as the case may be, in respect of which the advance is payable; and";

  (b) by adding at the end