Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where a person was, immediately before the commencing date, in receipt of an allowance of a kind described in column 1 of the following table, that allowance continues to be payable to the person, on and after that date, under the provisions of the Veterans ' Entitlements Act specified in column 2 of that table opposite to the description in column 1 as if it had been granted by the Commission under that last - mentioned provision, but subject to the provisions of the Veterans ' Entitlements Act :
Column 1 Description of allowance | Column 2 Provision of Veterans ' Entitlements Act |
Clothing allowance under: (a) regulation 180A of Repatriation Regulations; (b) regulation 63 of Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Regulations; or (c) regulation 63 of Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Regulations. | Section 97
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Attendant allowance under: (a) Schedule 2 to the Repatriation Act; or (b) Schedule 5 to the Repatriation Act. | Section 98
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Decoration allowance under: (a) regulation 180 of Repatriation Regulations; (b) regulation 62 of Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Regulations; or (c) regulation 62 of Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Regulations. | Section 102
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Victoria Cross allowance under: (a) regulation 180AA of Repatriation Regulations; (b) regulation 62A of Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Regulations; or (c) regulation 62A of Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Regulations. | Section 103
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Recreation transport allowance under: (a) regulation 104A of Repatriation Regulations; (b) regulations 51 and 52 of Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Regulations; or (c) regulations 51 and 52 of Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Regulations. | Section 104
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Temporary incapacity allowance under regulation 72A of Repatriation Regulations. | Section 107 |
Loss of earnings allowance under regulation 71 of Repatriation Regulations. | Section 108 |
(2) An allowance that continues to be payable by virtue of subsection ( 1) is payable at the rate at which it was paid immediately before the commencing date until that rate is varied under the Veterans ' Entitlements Act .
(3) Nothing in subsection ( 2) shall be taken to prevent the rate at which an allowance is payable being varied as from a date before the date on which the decision to vary the rate is made, being a date not earlier than the commencing date.
(4) For the purpose of applying subsection ( 1) in respect of clothing allowance or recreation transport allowance, a decision of a Deputy Commissioner shall have effect, on and after the commencing date, as if it were a decision of the Commission.