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MRCA and DRCA (Defence, Veterans' and Families' Acute Support Package) Amendment Instrument 2024
The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission makes this instrument.
Dated           30 October 2024

The Seal of the Military Rehabilitation
and Compensation Commission
was affixed to this instrument
in the presence of:

Mark Brewer                 Gwen Cherne
AM CSC and Bar
Acting Deputy President     Member
Repatriation Commission
Kahlil Fegan                Greg Vines
DSC AM
Member                      Member

Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett
AM RAN
Member

1 Name
        This instrument is the MRCA and DRCA (Defence, Veterans' and Families' Acute Support Package) Amendment Instrument 2024.

2 Commencement
        This instrument commences on the day after the day it is registered.

3 Authority
        This instrument is made under:
         1.      section 268B of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (the MRCA); and
         2.      section 41B of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 (the DRCA).

4 Schedules
        Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

            Schedule 1 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence, Veterans' and Families' Acute Support Package) Instrument 2022

[1] Paragraph 7(1)(a)
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           (a) subsection (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) applies to the person at the time the person's eligibility for an acute support package is determined; and

[2] Paragraph 7(2)
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A person is covered by this subsection
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This subsection applies to a person

[3] Paragraph 7(3)
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A person is covered by this subsection
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This subsection applies to a person

[4] Paragraph 7(4)
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A person is covered by this subsection
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This subsection applies to a person

[5] Paragraph 7(5) (heading)
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persons
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people

[6] Paragraph 7(5)
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A person is covered by this subsection
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This subsection applies to a person

[7] Paragraph 7(5)(a)
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the member
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a member

[8] Paragraph 7(5)(b)
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(b) the member or former member is under 65 years of age;

[9] Paragraph 7(5)(e)
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experiencing,
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experiencing

[10] Paragraph 7(6)
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A person is covered by this subsection
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This subsection applies to a person

[11] Paragraph 8(2)(a)
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persons
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people

[12] Paragraph 8(2)(b)
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those persons
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the people

[13] Paragraph 8(3) (heading)
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Persons
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People

[14] Paragraph 8(3)
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A person must not be included in a support plan for an acute support package for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) unless:
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For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a person may be included in a support plan for an acute support package only if:

[15] After paragraph 8(3)(a)
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(b) if the package has been granted to a member or