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VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 1999

1998-99

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

SENATE

VETERANS’ AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (No. 1) 1999


CORRECTIONS TO THE

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

ISBN 0642 42568X

PAGE ii

Eleventh line – omit “, and provide for associated administrative processes”.

PAGE ii

Fourteenth line – omit the table and substitute the following table:

PAGE 1

Seventh line – omit “, and provide for associated administrative processes”.

PAGE 3

First line to twenty first line – omit.

These corrections remove reference to existing pensioners whose eligibility will not be affected by the new provisions.


PAGE 2

Fourth line – omit “component” and insert “components”.

Fifth line – omit “That component is” and insert “Those components are”.

PAGE 4

Ninth line – omit “have:” and insert “either:
• be permanently blind in both eyes; or”.

Tenth line – insert “have” before “a physical”.

Eighteenth line – after “person” insert “, to whom the new criteria apply,”.

Nineteenth line – omit “, or are assessed as being, able to work” and insert “working”.

PAGE 7

Ninth and tenth lines – omit “will be working, or will be considered to be able to work,” and insert “ are working”.

Thirteenth and fourteenth lines – omit “, or are considered able to work” and insert “working”.

These corrections clarify the application of the provisions.

PAGE 16

Seventeenth line – omit “have an outstanding loan balance of” and insert “if the person has an outstanding balance on an initial, additional or further advance, the outstanding balance is” to correct an ambiguity in the identification of an eligible person.

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs,
The Honourable Bruce Scott MP)

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