REPATRIATION MEDICAL AUTHORITY
INSTRUMENT NO. 30 OF 2005
VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986
MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2004
EXPLANATORY NOTES FOR TABLING
- The Repatriation Medical Authority (‘the Authority’) has determined, under subsection 196B(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (‘the VEA’) the attached Instrument No. 30 of 2005.
2. This instrument amends Instrument No. 11 of 2001 Statement of Principles concerning polycythaemia vera (‘the Instrument’).
3. The amendment is to amend the title of the Instrument to correct a typographical error in Instrument No. 11 of 2001.
4. Further changes to the format and wording of the Instrument reflect the commencement of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (‘the MRCA’) and clarify that pursuant to subsection 196B(3A) of the VEA, the Statement of Principles has been determined for the purposes of both the VEA and the MRCA.
5. The Instrument specifies a date of effect for the Instrument in accordance with sub-section 12(1)(a) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.