Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2017 (59 of 2017)

Schedule 1   Australian participants in British nuclear tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force

Part 1   Main amendments

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

16   Application provision

Division 5 of Part 5 of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006, as added by this Schedule, applies to the provision of treatment under that Act on or after the commencement of this item, where:

(a) a claim referred to in paragraph 93(2)(a) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 is made on or after that commencement; or

(b) an entitlement referred to in paragraph 93(2)(a) or (b) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 first arises on or after that commencement; or

(c) a payment referred to in paragraph 93(2)(c) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 is made on or after that commencement.