Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 15

         (1)   This regulation applies if:

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

               (b)    a person is an eligible young person; and

                (c)    immediately before the member's death:

                          (i)    the person was not a dependant of the member; and

                         (ii)    the person was wholly or mainly dependent on the member; and

               (d)    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)   For subsection 284 (2) of the MRCA:

                (a)    the person is taken to be entitled to treatment under Part 3 of Chapter 6 of the MRCA for any injury or disease of the person; and

               (b)    the date of the member's death is taken to be 1 July 2009.