Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 12

         (1)   This regulation applies if:

                (a)    a member died before 1 July 2009; and

               (b)    immediately before the member's death, a person was not a dependant of the member; and

                (c)    the person would have been a dependant of the member if the Act had been in force at the time of the member's death; and

               (d)    the person would not have been:

                          (i)    the wholly dependent partner of the member; or

                         (ii)    an eligible young person who was a dependant of the member;

                        if the Act had been in force at the time of the member's death.

         (2)   The Commonwealth is not liable to pay compensation to the person under section 262 of the MRCA.