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Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1991

No. 74 of 1991

               An Act to amend the law relating to veterans' affairs, and for related matters

[Assented to 25 June 1991]
  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1991.

Commencement

2. (1) This Part and Part 3 commence or are taken to have commenced on 1 July 1991.

  (2) Section 3 is taken to have commenced on 22 January 1991.

(3)     Subject to subsection (4), section 4 commences or is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1991, immediately after the commencement of section 19 of the Veterans' Entitlements (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991.

(4)     Part 1 of Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1991, immediately after the commencement of the Social Security (Job Search and Newstart) Amendment Act 1991 and the Social Security (Rewrite) Amendment Act 1991.

(5)     Subject to subsections (6), (7) and (8), section 5 commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(6)     Part 2 of Schedule 3 commences or is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1991, immediately after the commencement of section 19 of the Veterans' Entitlements (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991.

(7)     Part 3 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced on 12 June 1991.

(8)     Part 4 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced on 20 March 1991.

PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF ACTS

Modifications and amendments of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (commencing on 22 January 1991)

3. (1) For the period beginning on 22 January 1991 and ending immediately before 1 July 1991, the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 is to be read as if it had been modified as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(2) The Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 is amended as set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

Amendments of Acts (commencing on 1 July 1991)

4. The Acts specified in Schedule 2 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

Other amendments of Acts

5. The Acts specified in Schedule 3 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

PART 3—TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS ETC.

Principal Act

6. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 19861.

Certain claims may be made after re-marriage or marriage—pensions under Part II of the Principal Act

7. In spite of subsection 13 (8) of the Principal Act, the Commonwealth is liable to pay a pension to a male dependant of a deceased veteran (other than a child of the veteran) under section 13 of the Principal Act if:

    (a)     the dependant re-married or married after the death of the veteran; and

    (b)     the