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

Schedule 3   Rehabilitation programs

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

5   At the end of section 43

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Claim for acceptance of liability for service injury or disease not determined

(3) This Part also applies to a person if:

(a) the person has made a claim of a kind referred to in paragraph 319(1)(a); and

(b) the Commission has not determined the claim; and

(c) the person is included in a class of persons determined in an instrument under subsection (4); and

(d) the Commission has determined, in writing, that this Part applies to the person.

(4) The Commission may, by legislative instrument, determine a class of persons for the purposes of paragraph (3)(c).

(5) A determination under paragraph (3)(d) is not a legislative instrument.