Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where a person who was a member of the Forces was, immediately before the commencing date, in receipt of a service pension under a repealed Act, the Veterans ' Entitlements Act applies to and in relation to the person as if :
(a) that service pension had been granted to the person under Part III of the Veterans ' Entitlements Act ; and
(b) that person had been determined, under the Veterans ' Entitlements Act , to be a veteran as defined by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of veteran in subsection 5C(1) .
(2) Where a person was, immediately before the commencing date, in receipt of a service pension under a repealed Act by reason that the person was the partner or non-illness separated wife of a member of the Forces or the widow of a deceased member of the Forces, the Veterans ' Entitlements Act applies to and in relation to the person as if :
(a) that service pension were a wife service pension that had been granted to the person under Part III of the Veterans ' Entitlements Act ; and
(b) that member of the Forces had been determined, under the Veterans ' Entitlements Act , to be a veteran as defined by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of veteran in subsection 5C(1) .
(3) Where a person was, immediately before the commencing date, in receipt of a service pension under section 85AA of the Repatriation Act (including that section in its application by virtue of Division 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 6, 7, 8 or 9 of Part III of that Act or of sub section 7(2) of the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962 ), the Veterans ' Entitlements Act applies to and in relation to the person as if that service pension were a carer service pension that had been granted to the person under Part III of the Veterans ' Entitlements Act .
(4) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears :
(a) a reference to a member of the Forces (including a deceased member of the Forces) shall be read as a reference to a member of the Forces within the meaning of :
(i) Division 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 of Part III of the Repatriation Act; or
(ii) the Repatriation (Special Overseas Service) Act 1962 ;
and as including a reference to a person who was :
(iii) a member of the Forces of a Commonwealth country within the meaning of Division 5A of Pa rt III of the Repatriation Act;
(iv) a member of the Forces of an allied country within the meaning of Division 5B of Part III of the Repatriation Act;
(v) an Australian mariner who has served in a theatre of war within the meaning of Division 5C of Part III of the Repatriation Act;
(vi) a Commonwealth mariner, or an allied mariner, within the meaning of Division 5D of Part III of the Repatriation Act; or
(vii) a person to whom Division 6, 7, 8 or 9 of Part III extends by virtue of section 102, 107, 107D or 107G, as the case requires, of the Repatriation Act ;
(b ) partner, non-illness separated wife and widow have the same meanings as in section 5E of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; and