Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 17

         (1)   This regulation applies if:

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

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

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

         (2)   On or after 1 July 2009, section 13A of the VEA applies to the person as if the person is a dependant of the veteran.