Veterans' Entitlements (Clarke Review) Act 2004
6DAOperational service—minesweeping and bomb/mine clearance service
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6DA Operational service—minesweeping and bomb/mine clearance service
A member of the Defence Force is taken to have been rendering operational service during any period of service in respect of which the member has been awarded, or has become eligible to be awarded, the Naval General Service Medal or the General Service Medal (Army and Royal Air Force) with the Minesweeping 1945‑51 Clasp, the Bomb‑Mine Clearance 1945‑53 Clasp, the Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945‑49 Clasp or the Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945‑56 Clasp.
Schedule 6—MRCA‑related amendments
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
1 Subsection 7(1) (note)
Omit “section 9A”, substitute “sections 9A and 70A”.
2 Subsection 7(2) (note 1)
Omit “section 9A”, substitute “sections 9A and 70A”.
3 Subsection 8(1) (note)
Omit “section 9A”, substitute “sections 9A and 70A”.
4 Subsection 8(2) (note 1)
Omit “section 9A”, substitute “sections 9A and 70A”.
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
5 At the end of subsections 70(4), (5) and (5A)
Add:
Note: After the MRCA commencement date, compensation is provided under the MRCA (instead of this Act) for some new defence‑caused injuries, diseases and deaths: see section 70A.
6 After section 70
Insert: