Veterans' Affairs (Peacetime Service Eligibility for Non-Liability Health Care) Amendment Instrument 2016 (Cth)

Repatriation Commission

Veterans' Affairs (Peacetime Service Eligibility for Non-Liability Health Care) Amendment Instrument 2016

Instrument 2016 No. R2.

The Repatriation Commission, under subsection 88A(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), makes this instrument.

Dated this 15th        day of  April      2016

The Seal of the   )

Repatriation Commission   ) SEAL

was affixed hereto in the   )

presence of:   )

                  Simon Lewis   Major General Mark Kelly

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            SIMON LEWIS               MAJOR GENERAL MARK KELLY
  AO DSC

      PRESIDENT                     COMMISSIONER

1          Name of Instrument

This Instrument is the Veterans’ Affairs (Peacetime Service Eligibility for Non-Liability Health Care) Amendment Instrument 2016.

2          Commencement

     This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3          Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 88A(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

4          Schedule

The Veterans’ Affairs (Peacetime Service Eligibility for Non-Liability Health Care) Instrument 2014 (Instrument 2014 No. R18) is varied in accordance with the items in the Schedule.

Schedule

Variations to the Veterans’ Affairs (Peacetime Service Eligibility for Non-Liability Health Care) Instrument 2014

1   Part 2 – alcohol use disorder – paragraph (e)

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and not more than 12 months has passed since the date the certificate or other document was signed;

2   Part 2 – substance use disorder – paragraph (e)

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and not more than 12 months has passed since the date the certificate or other document was signed;

3   Part 2 – anxiety disorder – paragraph (e)

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and not more than 12 months has passed since the date the certificate or other document was signed;

4   Part 2 – depressive disorder – paragraph (e)

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and not more than 12 months has passed since the date the certificate or other document was signed;

5   Part 2 – posttraumatic stress disorder – paragraph (e)

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and not more than 12 months has passed since the date the certificate or other document was signed;