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Repatriation Commission

Veterans' Entitlements (Delayed Lodgment of Claims for Pension Bonus) Guidelines 2018

Instrument 2018 No. R17

1 Name

This instrument is the Veterans' Entitlements (Delayed Lodgment of Claims for Pension Bonus) Guidelines 2018.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 45UK(6) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

4 Revocation

The Veterans’ Entitlements (Delayed Lodgment of Claims for Pension Bonus) Guidelines 2007 is revoked.

5 Definitions

In the Guidelines:

Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

designated pension has the same meaning as it has in section 45TA of the Act.

6 Guidelines

(1) For subsection 45UK(5) of the Act, this section contains guidelines about when special circumstances apply in relation to the lodgment of a claim for pension bonus by a person who is a registered member of the pension bonus scheme immediately before lodging a claim for a designated pension.

(2) A special circumstance applies in relation to the lodgement of a claim for pension bonus by a person if:

(a) the person lodges the claim for pension bonus within 2 years of the date of lodgment of a claim for a designated pension; and

(b) an invitation was not made to the person under subsection 45UK(3) of the Act to lodge a claim for pension bonus; and

(c) an invitation should have been made because:

(i) the person was, to the knowledge of the Secretary, registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme; and

(ii) the claim for a designated pension was made by the person in accordance with a form that did not require the claimant to disclose whether the claimant was registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme or the corresponding scheme under Part 2.2A of the Social Security Act 1991; and

(iii) a claim for pension bonus was not attached to the claim for a designated pension; and