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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS (REHABILITATION ALLOWANCE) REGULATIONS - REG 8

Amount of assistance

  (1)   Subject to this regulation, the Commission is to decide the amount of rehabilitation allowance to be paid to a person.

  (2)   In deciding what amount is to be paid to a person, the Commission must take into account all relevant considerations, including but not limited to:

  (a)   the type of pension, or combination of pensions, payable to the person, or to the veteran on whom he or she is dependent; and

  (b)   the family circumstances of the person; and

  (c)   if the person is a veteran   -- earnings from his or her remunerative activity (if any); and

  (d)   if the person is a dependant of a veteran   -- any changes in the earnings of the person.

  (3)   The Commission must not pay to a person under these Regulations an amount greater than

A - B

where:

A is the total amount of pension, allowances and benefits payable under the Act to the person before he or she, or the veteran on whom he or she is dependent, undertook the program of rehabilitation; and

B is the total amount of pension, allowances and benefits payable under the Act to the person after he or she, or the veteran on whom he or she is dependent, undertook the program of rehabilitation.



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