Part 1Preliminary

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

This instrument is the Motor Vehicle Compensation Scheme 2025.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences as follows: (a) Parts 1 and 2 and Schedule 1—on the day after the day the instrument is registered; (b) Schedule 2—at the same time as the Aged Care Act 2024 commences.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 212(1) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

4 Repeals

The Motor Vehicle Compensation Scheme 2015 (Instrument 2015 No. MRCC 20) is repealed.

5 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) approved program provider (section 41);
(b) Commission (section 5).

(1) In this instrument:

Act means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

care institution means any of the following that is not the person’s private home:

(a) a residential care home (within the meaning of section 10 of the Aged Care Act 2024);
(b) a hospital; or
(c) a hospice; or
(d) a psychiatric institution; or
(e) any similar institution, however described, that provides daily care for the person.

claim means the claim referred to in paragraph 212(1)(c) of the Act.

eligible person means a person to whom paragraphs 212(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Act apply.

initial motor vehicle means the first motor vehicle (whether new or second hand) that an eligible person has received under section 10 of the Scheme.

interest, in relation to a motor vehicle, means a joint interest in the motor vehicle or other interest but does not include an interest as a mortgagee.

previous motor vehicle means the last motor vehicle (whether new or second hand) that an eligible person received under section 10 or section 13 of the Scheme, as the case may be.

replacement motor vehicle means a motor vehicle (whether new or second hand) provided to an eligible person under section 13 of the Scheme as a replacement for a motor vehicle.

Scheme means this instrument.

6 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.