Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 19

         (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)    the person makes a claim for a pension under section 14 of the VEA.

         (2)   For section 20 of the VEA, the date of effect of a determination of a claim under subsection 19 (3) of the VEA must not be before 1 July 2009.