Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1985 No. 46 REPATRIATION (FAR EAST STRATEGIC RESERVE) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4

4. Regulation 65 of the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Regulations
is repealed and the following regulation substituted: Payment or reimbursement
of expenses for the production of medical reports, &c.

"65. (1) Where the Commission allows a claim or application, whether wholly or
in part, and the claimant or applicant has incurred expense in support of the
claim or application in providing for the production of certificates, reports
or other documents from medical practitioners or from a hospital or similar
institution in which the claimant or applicant has obtained medical treatment,
the Commission may, in accordance with such scale as is approved by the
Commission, pay or reimburse the claimant or applicant the expense so incurred
in support of the whole, or such part, as the case may be, of the claim or
application as is allowed.

"(2) Expenses shall not be paid or reimbursed under this regulation unless the
production of the certificates, reports or other documents was reasonable for
the purpose of supporting the whole or such part, as the case may be, of the
claim or application as is allowed.

"(3) In this regulation-
'applicant' means a person by or on behalf of whom an application has been
made;
'application' means-

   (a)  an application under sub-section 26 (1) of the Repatriation Act as
        applied by the Act for an increase in the rate of a pension payable to
        a member of the Forces; or

   (b)  an application under sub-section 26 (2) of the Repatriation Act as
        applied by the Act for a pension for a member of the Forces;
'claim' means a claim under section 25 of the Repatriation Act as applied by
the Act for a pension for a member of the Forces or for a dependant of a
deceased member of the Forces;
'claimant' means a person by or on behalf of whom a claim has been made.".