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Australian Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills - Scrutiny Digests |
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Purpose
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This bill seeks to amend Acts relating to veterans' affairs, military
rehabilitation and compensation to:
• provide people already covered under the APBNTTA (British Nuclear
Test Participants), as well as Australian veterans of the
British Commonwealth
Occupation Force and civilians present at a British nuclear test area during a
relevant period, with treatment
for all conditions;
• amend the current work history restrictions for the Special and
Intermediate Rates of Disability Pension; and
• insert instrument making powers enabling the Military
Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to determine a class of persons
eligible to participate in an early access to rehabilitation pilot
programme
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Portfolio
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Veterans' Affairs
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Introduced
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House of Representatives on 24 May 2017
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The committee has no comment on this bill.
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