Veterans' Entitlements (Invalidity Service Pension Permanent Incapacity for Work) Determination 1999 (Cth)

Veterans' Entitlements (Invalidity Service Pension — Permanent Incapacity for Work) Determination 1999

The REPATRIATION COMMISSION makes this Determination under subsection 37AA (1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated 10 December 1999.

NEIL JOHNSTON             BRIAN FLYNN             PAUL STEVENS

       President                 Acting Deputy President           Commissioner

Veterans' Entitlements (Invalidity Service Pension — Permanent Incapacity for Work) Determination 1999

made under the

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Contents

Page

1  Name of Determination   3

2  Commencement   3

3  Definition   3

4  Purpose of Determination   3

5  Circumstances of permanent incapacity   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Veterans' Entitlements (Invalidity Service Pension — Permanent Incapacity for Work) Determination 1999.

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999.

1. Definition

In this Determination:

Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Note   Commission has the same meaning as in the Act, that is, the Repatriation Commission.

1. Purpose of Determination

This Determination specifies the circumstances in which a person is permanently incapacitated for work for eligibility for an invalidity service pension.

1. Circumstances of permanent incapacity

(1)   A person is permanently incapacitated for work for paragraph 37 (1) (c) of the Act if the person:

(a)    is permanently blind in both eyes; or

(b) is a veteran to whom section 24 of the Act applies; or

(c)    satisfies subsection (2).

(2)   A person satisfies this subsection if:

(a)    the person has an impairment that, if it were an injury or disease for the Guide to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans’ Pensions, would result in a combined impairment rating of 40 or more under Table 18.1 in that Guide; and

(b)    solely because of the impairment, the person is permanently unable to do work for periods adding up to more than 8 hours per week; and

(c)    the Commission is satisfied that the impairment is permanent.