Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Act 2011 (Cth)

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Act 2011

No. 87, 2011

An Act to amend the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, and for related purposes

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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Act 2011

No. 87, 2011

An Act to amend the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, and for related purposes

[Assented to 26 July 2011]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Act 2011.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

1

At the end of subsection 222(5)

Add:

1. ; or (d)

   seniors supplement under the Social Security Act 1991 or the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; or

2. (e)

   a social security payment (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) for which a pension supplement amount (within the meaning of that Act) is used to work out the rate of the payment; or

3. (f)

   a service pension (within the meaning of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986).

2

At the end of subsection 246(4)

Add:

1. ; or (d)

   seniors supplement under the Social Security Act 1991 or the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; or

2. (e)

   a social security payment (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) for which a pension supplement amount (within the meaning of that Act) is used to work out the rate of the payment; or

3. (f)

   a service pension (within the meaning of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986).

3

At the end of subsection 301(4)

Add:

1. ; or (d)

   he or she is receiving a social security payment (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) for which a pension supplement amount (within the meaning of that Act) is used to work out the rate of the payment; or

2. (e)

   he or she is receiving a service pension (within the meaning of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986).

4

At the end of section 301

Add:

1. (5)

   Paragraph (4)(c) does not apply to a person who is a wholly dependent partner of a deceased member if:

   1. (a)

      the member died before 20 September 2009; and

   2. (b)

      at any time, the person chose under section 236 to be paid a lump sum as compensation for the member’s death.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 10 February 2011

Senate on 25 March 2011]

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