Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01295:reg:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01295
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3
Character Range: 5611–7324

3  Saving and Transitional Provisions
 (a) A person eligible for an education allowance or other benefit under the Veterans' Children Education Scheme (Instrument 1992 No. 11) immediately before the commencement of the provisions of this instrument mentioned in item 1 of the Table above (provisions), being an education allowance or other benefit covered by this instrument, is, on the commencement of the provisions, eligible for the education allowance or other benefit under this instrument as if eligibility had been derived from this instrument.
Note: the intention is to enable a seamless transition of eligibility from the former Scheme to the current one.
 (c) A process (e.g. claim, review) commenced under the Veterans' Children Education Scheme (Instrument 1992 No. 11) (former instrument) and not finalised before the revocation of the former instrument by this instrument, is taken to have commenced under this instrument and may be finalised under this instrument.
 (d) A form approved by the Repatriation Commission (Commission) under the Veterans' Children Education Scheme (Instrument 1992 No. 11) (former instrument) and current immediately before the revocation of the former instrument by this instrument, is taken to have been approved by the Commission under this instrument.
 (e) Any funds bequeathed in trust for the benefit of eligible students that the Commission had determined to be administered by a Veterans' Children Education Board, and in existence immediately before the commencement of the instrument, the Veterans' Children Education Schemes (Education Boards) Amendment Determination 2021, will, after the commencement of that instrument, be administered by the Commission.