Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MILITARY COMPENSATION REVIEW AND OTHER MEASURES) ACT 2013 - SCHEDULE 16

Social Security Act 1991

1   Paragraph 8(8)(zo)

Omit "section   217 or 266", substitute "section   47, 56, 81, 205, 214, 217, 226, 239 or 266".

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

2   After paragraph   205(1)(cc)

Insert:

  (cd)   an amount of compensation (within the meaning of the MRCA) has been paid under the MRCA that should not have been paid; or

3   Paragraph 205(2)(a)

After "(cc)", insert ", (cd)".

4   Subsection   205(8) ( paragraph   ( ba) of the definition of excluded amount )

Omit "or (cc)", substitute ", (cc) or (cd)".

5   Subsection   205(8) ( paragraph   ( a) of the definition of recoverable amount )

Omit "or (cc)", substitute ", (cc) or (cd)".

6   Application provision

Paragraph 205(1)(cd) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 , as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to amounts of compensation paid under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 on or after the commencement of this item.