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Papua New Guinea (Members of the Forces Benefits) Regulation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret'd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 27 October 2016

  Peter Cosgrove
  Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Dan Tehan
Minister for Veterans' Affairs

Contents
Part 1—Introduction
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
5 Definitions
6 Prescribed authority
Part 2—Pensions
Division 1—Claims for pensions
7 Who may claim pension
8 Application for pension
9 Determination of claims
10 Acceptance of claim subject to conditions
Division 2—Rates of pensions
11 Rates of pension—general
12 Rate if deceased member had more than one wife
13 Rate if instalment period straddles indexation day
14 Indexation of pension rates
15 Rounding up of rates ending in 5 cents
16 Date from which pension is payable
17 Payment by instalments
Division 3—Cessation of pensions
18 Cessation of pension payable to dependants of member
19 Cessation of pension payable to widow
Part 3—Assistance and benefits
20 Medical treatment
21 Travelling expenses
22 Decoration allowance
23 Education and training benefits
24 Application for benefits etc.
Part 4—Miscellaneous
25 Appointment of trustee etc.
26 Review of decisions
27 Signature to forms
Part 5—Application, savings and transitional provisions
28 Definitions
29 Pending applications
30 Savings—appointment as trustee
31 Savings—rights of review of decisions
Schedule 1—General pension rates
1 Table A—pensions payable in respect of a deceased member
2 Table B—pensions payable for a member who is totally incapacitated
Schedule 2—Percentage of pension payable for a partially incapacitated member
1 Pensions payable for a member who is partially incapacitated
Schedule 3—Repeals
Papua New Guinea (Members of the Forces Benefits) Regulations 1961

Part 1—Introduction