Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Travel Expenses) Regulations 2017 (Cth)

Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Travel Expenses) Regulations 2017

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 14 December 2017

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Dan Tehan

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Travel Expenses) Regulations 2017.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	At the same time as Schedule 2 to the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Act 2017 commences.	28 December 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Veterans’ Entitlements Regulations 1986

1

Regulation 9 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

9Travelling expenses

1. 2

   Subregulation 9(1) (paragraph (c) of the definition of attendant)

Omit “170B or 196ZO”, substitute “170B, 196ZO or 196ZQ”.

1. 3

   Subregulation 9(1) (definition of entitled person)

Omit “170B or 196ZO”, substitute “170B, 196ZO or 196ZQ”.

4

Subregulation 9(1) (definition of travel)

Omit “170B or 196ZO”, substitute “170B, 196ZO or 196ZQ”.

5

Subregulation 9(2)

Omit “170B or 196ZO”, substitute “170B, 196ZO or 196ZQ”.

6

Subregulation 9(4A)

Omit “170B or 196ZO”, substitute “170B, 196ZO or 196ZQ”.

7

Subregulation 9(9)

After “132”, insert “or 196ZQ”.

8

Subregulation 9(11) (note)

Omit “170B(3) and 196ZO(3)”, substitute “170B(3), 196ZO(3) and 196ZQ(3)”.

9

Regulation 9AM (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

9AMTravelling expenses to a single destination for 2 or more purposes

10

Regulation 9AM

Omit “170B or 196ZO” (wherever occurring), substitute “170B, 196ZO or 196ZQ”.

11

Regulation 9AN (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

9ANTravelling expenses to multiple locations within the same town or city

12

Regulation 9AN

Omit “170B or 196ZO” (wherever occurring), substitute “170B, 196ZO or 196ZQ”.

13

Regulation 13A

Repeal the regulation, substitute:

13APrescribed amount for the purposes of subsection 196ZN(2) of the Act

For the purposes of subsection 196ZN(2) of the Act, the prescribed amount is $1,000.