Second Reading Speeches

Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011

Type
Government
Portfolio
Veterans’ Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006
and
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to enable the Repatriation Commission to determine, by legislative instrument, that Australian personnel involved in the maintenance, transporting or decontamination of aircraft used in the British nuclear test program are eligible for compensation and health care under the Acts.

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