MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION
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What this does: This determination approves specific types of payments that can be made under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (the MRCA). It allows veterans' compensation money to be paid directly to certain organisations on behalf of the veteran.
Key details:
Why this matters: This ensures that veterans receiving compensation under the MRCA can have their housing costs and essential financial obligations paid directly from their entitlements, helping to secure housing stability and meet loan commitments. It creates a mechanism for direct payment from compensation to these specific creditors.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Approval of Classes of Payments for the Purposes of paragraph 431(1)(b) (MRCA Instrument No. 7 of 2004).
I, DANNA VALE, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, under subsection 431(3) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (the Act) approve the classes of payments specified in Schedules A and B, below as classes of payments for the purposes of paragraph 431(1)(b) of the Act.
This determination commences on 1 July 2004.
Dated this 1st day of June 2004
……………………….
DANNA VALE
MINISTER FOR VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
Schedule A
The following classes of payments to a State Housing Authority:
(a) payments of rent;
(b) payments of principal or interest of loans;
(c) payments of debts.
For the purposes of this Schedule, "State Housing Authority" means any of those authorities listed in the definition of "Government rent" in subsection 5N(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
Schedule B
The following classes of payments to Westpac Banking Corporation:
(a) payments of principal or interest of loans;
(b) payments of insurance premiums.
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I, DANNA VALE, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, under subsection 431(3) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (the Act) approve the classes of payments specified in Schedules A and B, below as classes of payments for the purposes of paragraph 431(1)(b) of the Act.
This determination commences on 1 July 2004.
Dated this 1st day of June 2004
……………………….
DANNA VALE
MINISTER FOR VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
Schedule A
The following classes of payments to a State Housing Authority:
(a) payments of rent;
(b) payments of principal or interest of loans;
(c) payments of debts.
For the purposes of this Schedule, "State Housing Authority" means any of those authorities listed in the definition of "Government rent" in subsection 5N(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
Schedule B
The following classes of payments to Westpac Banking Corporation:
(a) payments of principal or interest of loans;
(b) payments of insurance premiums.