Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00481:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00481
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 1449–2171

3  Interpretation

 (1) In this Act:

prescribed pensioner means a person to whom, immediately before the commencing date, a pension was payable by virtue of that person having been a contributor or by virtue of section seventy‑three of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 or of that Act as amended, being a pension that commenced to be payable before the commencement of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1959.

the commencing date means the date of commencement of this Act.

 (2) Expressions used in this Act that are also used in the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948‑1958 have in this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the same respective meanings as they have in that Act.