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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS (CLARKE REVIEW) ACT 2004 - SECT 5

Eligibility for compensation payment

Veteran

  (1)   A veteran is eligible for a compensation payment if the following conditions are satisfied:

  (a)   the veteran was alive at the beginning of 1   July 2003;

  (b)   the veteran was interned by North Korean military forces at any time during the designated war period.

Partner of deceased veteran

  (2)   A person is eligible for a compensation payment in respect of a deceased veteran if the following conditions are satisfied:

  (a)   the person was alive at the beginning of 1   July 2003;

  (b)   the veteran died before 1   July 2003;

  (c)   the person was a partner of the veteran immediately before the veteran's death;

  (d)   the veteran was interned by North Korean military forces at any time during the designated war period.

One payment only

  (3)   A person is not entitled to more than one compensation payment.



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