Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 24

         (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 the partner of the veteran; and

                (c)    the person would have been:

                          (i)    a war widow or war widower of the veteran, for subsection 118V (1A) of the VEA; or

                         (ii)    the widow or widower of a veteran, for subparagraph 118V (3) (a) (iii) of the VEA;

                        if the Act had been in force at the time of the veteran's death.

         (2)   Part VIIC of the VEA applies to the person as if the veteran had died on 1 July 2009.