Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 18

         (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; and

               (d)    subsection 20 (2A) or (2B) applies to the person.

         (2)   For paragraph 20 (2A) (b) or (2B) (b) of the VEA, the date of the veteran's death is taken to be 1 July 2009.