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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 67ZW

Seniors health card, gold card etc.

Seniors health card

  (1)   This Division applies to a person on a day if:

  (a)   the person makes a claim for a seniors health card under Division   2 of Part   VIIC on or before that day; and

  (b)   the person does not withdraw that claim on or before that day; and

  (c)   the person is eligible for the card on that day.

  (2)   This Division applies to a person on a day if:

  (a)   the person is the holder of a seniors health card on that day because of subsection   118XA(3); and

  (b)   the person is eligible for the card on that day.

Gold card

  (3)   This Division applies to a person on a day if:

  (a)   the person is, on that day, the holder of a card, known as the Repatriation Health Card--For All Conditions, that evidences the person's eligibility under this Act or the MRCA to be provided with treatment for all injuries or diseases; and

  (b)   the person is eligible for the card on that day.

  (4)   This Division applies to a person on a day if:

  (a)   the person makes a claim, on or before that day, under:

  (i)   section   8 of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006 ; or

  (ii)   section   9 of the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019 ;

    for a determination that the person is an eligible person; and

  (b)   the person does not withdraw that claim on or before that day; and

  (c)   the person is an eligible person (within the meaning of that Act) on that day.

Fringe benefits

  (5)   This Division applies to a person on a day if the person is eligible for fringe benefits under subsection   53A(1A) of this Act on that day.



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