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2002
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Veterans’
Affairs Legislation Amendment (2002 Budget Measures) Bill
2002
No. ,
2002
(Veterans’
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, and for related
purposes
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Veterans’
Entitlements Act 1986, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation
Amendment (2002 Budget Measures) Act 2002.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in
column 2 of the table.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent |
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2. Schedule 1, items 1 and 2 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent |
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3. Schedule 1, items 3 to 5 |
20 September 2002 |
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4. Schedule 1, item 6 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table is for additional information that is not part
of this Act. This information may be included in any published version of this
Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 At the end of
section 45C
Add:
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to subsection
45R(2).
2 At the end of
section 45R
Add:
(2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), if:
(a) a pension is payable to a person under Part II or IV at a rate
determined under or by reference to subsection 30(1) from a particular day (the
pension receipt day); and
(b) as a result, a social security pension or a social security benefit
that was payable to the person immediately before the pension receipt day is no
longer payable; and
(c) the person makes a claim for income support supplement on a day (the
ISS claim day) after the pension receipt day; and
(d) had the person made a claim for income support supplement on the
pension receipt day, he or she would have been eligible for income support
supplement throughout the period beginning on the pension receipt day and ending
on the ISS claim day;
the determination takes effect on, and income support supplement is payable
to the person on and from, the pension receipt day.
3 Section 59A (after table
item 2)
Insert:
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Ceiling Rate |
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3. |
Ceiling rate for war widow/war widower—pensioner |
ceiling rate |
*Rate Calculator—point
SCH6-A4 |
4 At the end of Subdivision C of
Division 18 of Part IIIB
Add:
(1) This Act has effect as if, on each adjustment day, the amount worked
out in accordance with the following formula, and rounded up to the nearest
multiple of $2.60, were substituted for the ceiling rate:
where:
pension MBR factor is:
worked out to 3 decimal places.
previous ceiling rate is the ceiling rate applicable on the
day before the adjustment day.
(2) In subsection (1):
current single pension MBR amount means the pension MBR
amount applicable, on the adjustment day, to a person who is not a member of a
couple.
previous single pension MBR amount means the pension MBR
amount applicable, on the day before the adjustment day, to a person who is not
a member of a couple.
(3) In this section:
adjustment day means the following:
(a) 20 March;
(b) 20 September.
5 At the end of point
SCH6-A4
Add:
Note: The ceiling rate is adjusted 6 monthly in line with
service pensions (see section 59LA).
6 Point SCH6-B2
Repeal the point.