EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
s.90A
VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS (REPATRIATION PRIVATE PATIENT PRINCIPLES 2004 - NEW MEMBER FOR NATMOC) INSTRUMENT 2005
PURPOSE OF INSTRUMENT
To enable a representative of the Australian Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Veterans' Association Inc. to be appointed as a member of the National Treatment Monitoring Committee.
The National Treatment Monitoring Committee (NATMOC) is established under Part 5 of the Repatriation Private Patient Principles 2004 (RPPPs) and its role (in conjunction with its State and Territory counterparts) is to assist the Repatriation Commission in monitoring the access to, and quality of, treatment arranged for veterans or their dependants as private patients.
NATMOC consists of eight members drawn from ex service organisations listed in the RPPPs. The attached Instrument ensures that the Australian Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Veterans' Association Inc. is one of those listed ex service organisations that is to provide a member to NATMOC.
RETROSPECTIVITY
None - the Instrument commenced on registration.
CONSULTATION
None - because the Instrument does not affect rights or impose obligations.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None
FURTHER DETAILS OF INSTRUMENT
Attachment A.
ATTACHMENT A
[1] Refers to the name of the Instrument.
[2] Provides that the Instrument commenced when it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
[3] Refers to the Schedule containing the amendments made by the Instrument to the Repatriation Private Patient Principles 2004.
[4][5] Includes the Australian Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Veterans' Association Inc. in paragraph 5.2.3(b) of the Repatriation Private Patient Principles 2004.