- Date
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12 Dec 2013
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Veterans’ Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to clarify arrangements for the payment of travel expenses for treatment; Defence Service Homes Act 1918
to extend eligibility for benefits; Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: align maintenance income and attendant allowance provisions with those in the Social Security Act 1991
; provide for provision of special assistance by inclusion in a legislative instrument; clarify administrative arrangements for certain travel; and clarify that debt recovery provisions apply to all provisions of the Act, the regulations and any legislative instrument made under the Act; War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920
to: amend the short title to the Protection of Word ‘Anzac’ Act 1920
; amend the long title of the Act; and remove redundant provisions; and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
, Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to make technical amendments.