Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00143:section:15:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00143
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 145850–147528

21(2):
Omit the subsection, substitute the following subsections:
 (2) Where:
 (a) an Australian mariner is being paid a pension under this Act in respect of incapacity:
 (i) from a war injury affecting the cerebro‑spinal system; or
 (ii) from a war injury that has caused a condition similar in effect or severity to an injury or disease affecting the cerebro‑spinal system; and
 (b) the Commission or a Pensions Committee is of the opinion that the mariner has a need for the services of an attendant to assist the mariner;
the Commission or a Pensions Committee may grant to the mariner an allowance, called attendant allowance, at the rate of $57.40 per fortnight, for or towards the cost of the services of an attendant to assist the mariner.
 (3) For the purposes of the application of Schedule 2 to and in relation to an Australian mariner:
 (a) a leg, foot, hand or arm that has been rendered permanently and wholly useless shall be treated as having been amputated; and
 (b) where an Australian mariner has lost an eye or the Commission or a Pensions Committee is of the opinion that the eyesight of an Australian mariner is so defective that the mariner has no useful sight in that eye, the mariner shall be deemed to have been blinded in that eye.
 (4) Where the Commission or a Pensions Committee makes a decision with respect to an application for an allowance under this section, section 8A applies to and in relation to the decision in like manner as it applies to and in relation to a decision relating to a prescribed matter within the meaning of that section.

Section 22:
Repeal the section.

Section 22A:
Repeal the section, substitute the following section: