Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) (Veterans’ Affairs) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) (Cth)

Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) (Veterans’ Affairs) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 6

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) Act 2008.

Dated 10 February 2010

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

ALAN GRIFFIN

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs for the Attorney-General

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) (Veterans’ Affairs) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations commence immediately after the commencement of the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) (Veterans’ Affairs) Regulations 2009.

Amendment of Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) (Veterans’ Affairs) Regulations 2009

Schedule 1 amends the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) (Veterans’ Affairs) Regulations 2009.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulation 20 (2)

substitute

(2)Part III of the VEA applies to the person as if:

(a)the veteran had died on 1 July 2009; and

(b)the person was receiving a partner service pension immediately before the veteran’s death.

Note

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