Bill
Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Partner Service Pension and Other Measures) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-09-20. Veterans' Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Veterans' Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-08-01
- second reading — 2019-08-01
- second reading — 2019-09-12
- second reading — 2019-09-12
- third reading — 2019-09-12
- introduced — 2019-09-12
- second reading — 2019-09-12
- second reading — 2019-09-17
- second reading — 2019-09-17
- third reading — 2019-09-17
- passed — 2019-09-17
- royal assent — 2019-09-20
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the Bills Digest; not the record, as at 2019-08-01.
The bill would extend the period during which submarine special operations are classified as operational and qualifying service under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
It would amend sections 6DB and 7A of that Act to change the cut-off date from 31 December 1992 to 12 May 1997 for service between 1 January 1978 and that new date.
The Bills Digest notes that the covert nature of these operations limits public scrutiny of the entitlement, and that service after 1997 would be treated as non-warlike under ministerial determination rather than by legislation.
- Changes the reference date in section 6DB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 from 31 December 1992 to 12 May 1997.
- Changes the reference date in subparagraphs 7A(1)(a)(v) and (vi) of the same Act from 31 December 1992 to 12 May 1997.
- Removes the date references from the heading of section 6DB.
Veterans who served on submarine special operations between 1 January 1978 and 12 May 1997 would be affected, as would the departments of Defence and Veterans' Affairs.
Sources
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