Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025

Contents

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1 · Short title
2 · Commencement
1. (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other
2. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any pub
3 · Schedules
4 · Review of operation of amendments
1. (1) The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, or such other committee constituted under a resolution of the Senate, must:
2. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the review must consider the following:
3. (3) In this section:
5 · Review of amendments in Schedule 9
1. (a) begin a review of the amendments in Schedule 9 to this Act as soon as practicable after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
2. (b) report the Committee’s findings to the Senate by 29 August 2025.
Chapter 12 · Application of this Act to operational service
1. Part 1 Preliminary
2. Part 2 Application of this Act to operational service
3. Part 3 Service that is operational service
4. Part 3 Other amendments
5. Part 5B Financial and legal advice
Chapter 5AA · Compensation relating to prisoners of war
1. Part 1 Preliminary
2. Part 2 Compensation in respect of former members and civilians interned by certain military forces
3. Part 3 Prisoner of war recognition supplement
4. Part 2 Amendments relating to treatment
5. Part 3 Presumptive liability
6. Part 4 Additional disablement amount
Chapter 8A · Veterans’ Review Board
1. Part 1 Simplified outline of this Chapter
2. Part 2 Establishment of Board
3. Part 3 Administration
4. Part 4 Other matters
5. Part IX Review of decisions by Board
6. Part 5 Transitional provisions relating to reviews by the Veterans’ Review Board
7. Part 2 Amendments commencing later
Chapter 9 · Repatriation Commission
1. Part 1 Simplified outline of this Chapter
2. Part 2 Establishment of Commission
3. Part 3 Administration
4. Part 4 Other matters
Chapter 9A · Repatriation Medical Authority
1. Part 1 Simplified outline of this Chapter
2. Part 2 Establishment of Authority
3. Part 3 Statements of Principles
4. Part 4 Administration
5. Part 5 Other matters
Chapter 9B · Specialist Medical Review Council
1. Part 1 Simplified outline of this Chapter
2. Part 2 Establishment of Review Council
3. Part 3 Reviews by the Review Council
4. Part 4 Administration
5. Part 5 Other matters
Schedule 1 · Single ongoing Act main amendments
1. Part 1 Closing eligibility to DRCA and VEA
2. Part IA Operation of this Act on and after date of commencement
3. Part IA Operation of this Act on and after date of commencement
4. Part 2 Opening MRCA to pre-2004 conditions
5. Part 1 Preliminary
6. Part 2 Kinds of service to which this Act applies
7. Part 3 Other interpretation provisions
Schedule 2 · Single ongoing Act enhancements
1. Part 1 Amendments relating to allowances etc.
Schedule 3 · Review pathway
1. Part 1 Amendments commencing 60 days after Royal Assent
2. Part 4 Review by the Board
Schedule 4 · Merging commissions
1. Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
Schedule 5 · Repatriation Medical Authority and Specialist Medical Review Council
1. Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
Schedule 6 · Disability compensation cessation date
1. Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
Schedule 7 · Application and transitional provisions
1. Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
2. Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
3. 6 References to injuries sustained before commencement of Part X to the DRCA
4. Part 2 Application of the MRCA to injuries, diseases, deaths, losses and damage
5. Part 6 Other application and transitional provisions relating to the Simplification Act
Schedule 8 · Consequential amendments
1. Part 1 Main amendments
2. Part 2 Contingent amendments
Schedule 9 · Defence and Veterans’ Services Commission
1. Part 1 Main amendments
2. Part VIIIE Defence and Veterans’ Services Commission

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