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The Department administers the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) on behalf of the Repatriation Commission.
Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme (VVRS)
Section 115B of the VEA provides the legislative authority for the Repatriation Commission to establish the VVRS. The VVRS is a voluntary and solely vocational rehabilitation scheme for veterans with eligible service under the VEA, irrespective of whether they have an accepted disability.
The VVRS has been established by Legislative Instrument and the VVRS guidelines can be found in Chapter 12 in this Library.