Veterans’ Entitlements (Treatment Principles–Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot) Amendment Instrument 2018 (Cth)

Australian Government

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Veterans’ Entitlements (Treatment Principles–Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot) Amendment Instrument 2018

Instrument 2018 No.R72

I, GAYLE ANDERSON, Acting Chief Operating Officer, as delegate of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, approve, under section 90 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, the variations by the Repatriation Commission of the Treatment Principles in the following instrument.

Dated this           5^th               day of                   July   2018

G. M. Anderson

GAYLE ANDERSON

The Repatriation Commission makes, under section 90 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, the variations to the Treatment Principles in the following instrument.

Dated this        5^th                day of               July   2018

The Seal of the   )

Repatriation Commission   )  SEAL

was affixed hereto in the   )

presence of:   )

Mark Cormack

MARK CORMACK

C Orme

CRAIG ORME

DSC AM CSC

ACTING PRESIDENT

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

1 Name

This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Treatment Principles–Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot) Amendment Instrument 2018.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 90 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

4 Schedule

The Treatment Principles (Instrument 2013 No. R52) (F2018C00252) is varied as set out in the items in the Schedule to this instrument.

Schedule -Variations to the Treatment Principles (Instrument 2013 No. R52) (F2018C00252)

[1] Paragraph 1.4 (Interpretation) definition of “determined condition”

After “88A”, insert “or 88B”

[2] Paragraph 1.4 (Interpretation) paragraph (b) of the definition of “entitled veteran”

After “88A”(twice occurring), insert “or 88B”

[3] Paragraph 1.4 (Interpretation) paragraph (b) of the definition of “entitled veteran”–new Note

After Note 2, insert

“Note 3: section 88B of the Act enables the Commission to determine a class of persons to be eligible for treatment, being treatment that is the provision of services under the program established by the Commonwealth and known as the Veteran Suicide Prevention pilot.”

[4] Paragraph 1.4 (Interpretation) definition of “White Card”

After “88A”(twice occurring), insert “or 88B”

[5] Paragraph 2.5.1

After “88A”, insert “or 88B”

[6] Paragraph 2.8.1(a)

Omit “or 88A”, substitute “, 88A or 88B”