Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 13

         (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.

         (2)   The Commonwealth is not liable to pay compensation to the person for the cost of a deceased member's funeral, under section 266 of the MRCA.