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Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme (Instrument 2015 No. R11) is repealed.
 (2) All other provisions of the Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme (Instrument 2015 No. R11) are repealed.

1.2—Objectives and Principles of the Scheme

1.2.1  Objectives
  The objectives of the Scheme are to assist veterans to find, or continue in, employment, with particular emphasis on:
 (a) facilitating the transition from service in the Australian Defence Force to suitable paid employment;
 (b) assisting those veterans whose jobs are in jeopardy to retain suitable paid employment; and
 (c) in conjunction with Part VIA of the Act, providing an income safety net for certain veterans in receipt of pensions under sections 23 or 24 of the Act, or invalidity service pension, who wish to engage in suitable paid employment.

1.2.2  Principles
  The principles of the Scheme are that:
 (a) participation in the Scheme is voluntary;
 (b) a rehabilitation plan is to be approved only if the veteran has undergone an assessment of rehabilitation capability by a suitably qualified person;
 (c) rehabilitation services are to be provided only in accordance with an approved plan that has been developed and agreed with the veteran;
 (d) rehabilitation services are to be provided only if the Commission is satisfied that these services will result in a suitable paid employment outcome;
 (e) rehabilitation services are to be approved according to principles of cost‑effectiveness and will generally be the minimum necessary to achieve a suitable paid employment outcome;
 (f) there are no penalties for withdrawal from or failure to complete an approved program, although rehabilitation services may be discontinued in such circumstances;
 (g) rehabilitation services are not to be provided concurrently with another vocational rehabilitation program.
Note: suitable paid employment outcome is defined in paragraph 1.3.1.

1.3—Interpretation

1.3.1  Definitions
  For the purposes of this Scheme, unless a contrary intention appears:
Note: some expressions used in this Scheme are defined in the Act, section 5Q.
Act means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986;
approved plan means the particular rehabilitation plan relating to a veteran that has been approved by the Commission under this Scheme;
approved program has the meaning given by paragraphs 1.3.2 and 1.3.3;
income safety net means the pension income protection provided by sections 115C, 115D and 115F of the Act whereby:
 (a) while a veteran is undertaking an approved program, the rate of pension payable to the veteran is not to be less than the rate the veteran would receive if the veteran were not undertaking an approved program; and
Note: section 115C of the Act provides this protection.
 (b) after a veteran has completed an approved program under Chapter 2, if the veteran is, for any reason, unemployed for a continuous period of at least two weeks, the pension