Commonwealth Numbered Acts

VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BUDGET AND COMPENSATION MEASURES) ACT 1997 No. 157 of 1997 - SECT 2

(1) Subject to the following subsections, this Act commences on the day on
which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Part 1, and items 130, 131, 132 and 135, of Schedule 1 are taken to have
commenced on 13 May 1997.

(3) Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 commence on 1 January 1998.

(4) Part 4 of Schedule 1 commences on 20 September 1998.

(5) Part 5 of Schedule 1 commences on the earlier of the following days:

   (a)  the social security payday that is the third such payday to occur
        after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; or

   (b)  the 25 December 1997 carer payment payday. Note: For the meaning of
        social security payday and 25 December 1997 carer payment payday, see
        subsection (17).

(6) Part 7 of Schedule 1 commences on the seventh day after the day on which
this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(7) Schedule 4 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1997.

(8) Schedules 5 and 7 commence on the 28th day after the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent.

(9) Part 1 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 5 June 1987,
immediately after the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment  Act 1987
received the Royal Assent.

(10) Part 2 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 16 December 1994,
immediately after the Veterans' Affairs (1994-95  Budget Measures) Legislation
Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 received the Royal Assent.

(11) Part 3 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 17 October 1995,
immediately after the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment  and Repeal Act
1995 received the Royal Assent.

(12) Part 4 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 14 November 1995,
immediately after the Veterans' Affairs (1995-96  Budget Measures) Legislation
Amendment Act 1995 received the Royal Assent.

(13) Part 5 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 12 December 1995,
immediately after the Veterans' Affairs Legislation  Amendment (1995-96 Budget
Measures) Act (No. 2) 1995 received the Royal Assent.

(14) Part 6 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 9 January 1996,
immediately after the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs  Legislation
Amendment Act 1995 received the Royal Assent.

(15) Part 7 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1997.

(16) Part 8 of Schedule 8 is taken to have commenced on 20 March 1996.

(17) In this section:
social security payday means a day that is a pension payday as defined in
section 23 of the Social Security Act 1991.
25 December 1997 carer payment payday means:

   (a)  unless paragraph (b) applies-the social security payday that falls on
        25 December 1997; or

   (b)  if, under section 218 of the Social Security Act 1991, a direction is
        made that amounts of carer payment that would normally be paid on 25
        December 1997 are to be paid on a specified earlier day-that specified
        earlier day.