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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
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424 Special assistance
(1) The Commission may, in the circumstances and subject to the conditions (if any) prescribed in a legislative instrument made by the Commission for the purposes of this subsection, grant assistance or benefits of the kind, and the amount or value, that it considers reasonable to a person:
(a) who is a member or former member; or
(b) who is or was a dependant of a member, former member or deceased member.
(2) However, the Commission must not grant assistance or benefits in circumstances in which a person:
(a) is entitled to compensation or another benefit under this Act or the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; or
(b) would be entitled to such compensation or benefit if a claim was made in respect of the person.
Part 5A—Clean energy payments
Division 6—Multiple entitlement exclusions
424L Multiple entitlement exclusions
(1) The Commission may by legislative instrument determine that persons in circumstances specified in the instrument are not entitled to a clean energy bonus under this Act that is specified in the instrument.
Note: For clean energy bonus see subsection 5(1).
(2) Those circumstances must relate to persons’ entitlement to or receipt of one or more of the following:
(a) another clean energy bonus under this Act;
(b) a clean energy bonus under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986;
(c) a clean energy bonus under the Social Security Act 1991;
(d) a clean energy bonus under a scheme (however described), whether or not the scheme is provided for by or under an Act.
(3) An instrument under subsection (1) has effect according to its terms, despite any other provision of this Act.
Part 6—General