Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 6

         (1)   This regulation applies if:

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

               (b)    at the time of the member's death, a person was not the wholly dependent partner of the member; and

                (c)    the person would have been the wholly dependent partner of the member if the Act had been in force at the time of the member's death.

         (2)   For section 242 of the MRCA, the Commonwealth is not liable to pay compensation to the person.