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Australian Government

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

Veterans' Affairs (Treatment Principles – Provision of Falls Prevention Items) Amendment Instrument 2014

Instrument 2014 No.R107/MRCC107

I, Michael Ronaldson, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, as required by subsection 90(5) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA), subsection 286(3) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA) and subsection 16(7) of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 (APBNT(T)A), approve:

  (a) under the VEA — the making by the Repatriation Commission of the legislative instrument in Schedule 1.
  (b) under the MRCA — the making by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission of the legislative instrument in Schedule 2.
  (c) under the APBNT(T)A — the making by the Repatriation Commission of the legislative instrument in Schedule 3.

Dated this  18 day of December  2014

Michael Ronaldson

MICHAEL RONALDSON

The Repatriation Commission (RC) makes the legislative instrument in Schedule 1 under subsection 90(4) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) and makes the legislative instrument in Schedule 3 under subsection 16(6) of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 (APBNT(T)A).

The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (MRCC) makes the legislative instrument in Schedule 2 under subsection 286(2) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA).

Dated this  4th  day of December  2014

The Seals of the                                                              )
Repatriation Commission and                                        )
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission) SEAL
were affixed hereto in the                                                ) SEAL
presence of:                                                                      )

Simon Lewis                                                    Jennifer Collins                                          Major General Mark Kelly
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SIMON LEWIS                                    JENNIFER COLLINS                              Major General Mark Kelly
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RC PRESIDENT/MRCC CHAIR                                                                 RC COMMISSIONER/MRCC MEMBER
                                      A/RC DEPUTY PRESIDENT/MRCC MEMBER

Rear Admiral Robyn Walker                             Kylie Emery                                Air Vice-Marshall Anthony Needham
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REAR ADMIRAL ROBYN WALKER   Ms Kylie Emery   Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Needham
                       AM RN                                                                                                                     AM

             MRCC MEMBER                             MRCC MEMBER                                   MRCC MEMBER

Name

  [1] This instrument is the Veterans' Affairs (Treatment Principles – Provision of Falls Prevention Items) Amendment Instrument 2014.

Commencement

  [2] This instrument commences on 6 February 2015.

  Transitional

  [3] If, before the commencement of this instrument, an entitled person, or a person on the entitled person's behalf, requested the Repatriation Commission or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to accept financial responsibility for  treatment comprised of the provision of an aid or appliance to the entitled person:

      (a) under paragraph 11.9 of the Treatment Principles under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, including the Treatment Principles as applied under the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006; or

      (b) under paragraph 11.9 of the MRCA Treatment Principles under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004;

  as the case may be, and on the commencement of this