Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS -- GENERAL LAW REFORM) (VETERANS' AFFAIRS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 220 OF 2009) - REG 8

         (1)   This regulation applies if:

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

               (b)    a person is an eligible young person; and

                (c)    before 1 July 2009, the person was not a dependant of the member; and

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

         (2)   The Commonwealth is not liable to pay compensation to the person under section 251 of the MRCA.