Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
Section 8 (liability provisions)
Section 13 (eligibility of children of veterans and mariners)
Section 18 (duties of Commission in relation to pensions)
Section 19 (determination of claims and applications)
Section 30A to 30P and 74 (limitation due to payment of other compensation)
Section 30(2) (rate)
Section 70 (eligibility of children of Defence and Peacekeeping Forces)
Section 120 (standard of proof)
Section 120A and 120B (Statements of Principles)
To compensate the eligible dependent children of a deceased veteran, member of the Forces, member of a Peacekeeping Force or Australian mariner.
Orphans of an eligible person:
The child must have been wholly or substantially dependent on the person, immediately prior to the person's death. If the child is between 16 and 25 years old he or she must be:
1920
The original intention has not changed.
1920 | The dependency criteria have eased since 1920 when the claimant must have been dependent on the veteran at some time in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of enlistment or appointment. |
1986 | Under the Repatriation Act 1920, eligibility had been restricted to those dependants of veterans whose death was war-caused. |
1993 | From 1 January 1993, automatic grant of orphan’s pension was extended to cases where a veteran was a prisoner of war at the time of operational service and the death of the veteran was not war-caused. |
1994 | From 1 July 1994 the SWPA Act and Regulations were repealed and Australian mariners became eligible under the VEA on the same basis as veterans. |
1996 | Automatic grant of orphan's pension was extended to cases where the veteran died as a result of disability already accepted as being war-caused or defence-caused. |
Links
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