{"id":"F2021L01265","name":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Point Cook Firefighters) Determination 2021","slug":"veterans-entitlements-point-cook-firefighters-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102070,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L01265-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n  This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Point Cook Firefighters) Determination 2021.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph 88A(1)(d) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\n> Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements’ Act 1986.\n\n> health and wellbeing program means a 12-month program:\n\n    (a) to improve or maintain an individual’s physical or mental health or social wellbeing; and\n    (b) that includes:\n      (i) regular fitness training supervised by appropriately qualified individuals; and\n      (ii) education about cardiovascular health; and\n    (c) run by or for the Commission.\n\nPoint Cook firefighter means a person who, at the RAAF Base Point Cook between 1 January 1957 and 31 December 1986:\n\n    (a) served as a firefighter; or\n    (b) participated in a firefighter training course; or\n    (c) was an instructor of a firefighter training course.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Specified kinds of treatment for Point Cook firefighters","content":"5 Specified kinds of treatment for Point Cook firefighters\n\n  (1) For paragraph 88A(1)(d) of the Act, a specified class is made up of:\n    (a) Point Cook firefighters; and\n    (b) if any of the firefighters has participated in a health and wellbeing program—the firefighters who the Commission determines should participate in the program again in all the circumstances.\n  (2) Treatment of the following kinds is specified for a person in the class of people:\n    (a) a health and wellbeing program;\n    (b) colorectal cancer screening, by:\n      (i) a faecal occult blood test; or\n      (ii) a colonoscopy;\n\n  \n\n    (c) melanoma screening, by any 1 or more of the following means:\n      (i) an examination by a general medical practitioner;\n      (ii) dermoscopy or dermatoscopy;\n      (iii) total body digital photography.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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There is no indication of scope creep; the instrument precisely matches its stated intent under the Veterans' Entitlements Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 defined terms in section 4","Single operative provision (section 5) with straightforward conditional logic","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (paragraph 88A(1)(d))","Simple class definition: essentially one category (Point Cook firefighters) plus a discretionary extension for program repeats","Treatment list is enumerative and descriptive rather than technical","Total length: 6 short sections, approximately 250 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This law provides targeted, no‑cost preventive healthcare for former firefighters who served, trained, or taught at RAAF Base Point Cook between 1957 and 1986, recognizing their likely exposure to harmful chemicals. \n\nIt lets eligible veterans access a 12‑month supervised heart‑health and fitness program and regular bowel and skin cancer screening through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, without requiring proof that service caused a specific illness."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expressly extends the category of 'specified' persons for treatments under paragraph 88A(1)(d) to Point Cook firefighters and sets out specified treatments (health program and certain cancer screenings), thereby altering the class of veterans eligible for those treatments (see s3, s4, s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, well‑defined beneficiary class based on location, dates and roles (definition of 'Point Cook firefighter' in s4).","Specific, limited list of permitted treatments rather than open‑ended powers (s5(2)).","Operational detail about the program (12‑month, supervised fitness, cardiovascular education) but no funding or administrative procedures specified (definition of 'health and wellbeing program' in s4).","Commission discretion to re‑select participants for repeat participation creates administrative decision‑making (s5(1)(b)).","Instrument sits under paragraph 88A(1)(d) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act, requiring cross‑reference to the Act for wider legal effect (authority in s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination identifies people who served, trained or instructed as firefighters at RAAF Base Point Cook between 1 Jan 1957 and 31 Dec 1986 as a specified class for treatments under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act. It authorises a 12‑month health and wellbeing program (run by or for the Commission) and specified colorectal and melanoma screening options; the Commission also decides who may repeat the program (see s4, s5)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-point-cook-firefighters-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-point-cook-firefighters-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-point-cook-firefighters-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-point-cook-firefighters-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-point-cook-firefighters-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-point-cook-firefighters-determination-2021/documents"}}