Veterans' Entitlements (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991
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Division 1—General
Interpretation
- In this Part:
“former Part III” means Part III of the Principal Act as in force immediately before 1 July 1991;
“new Part III” means Part III of the Principal Act as in force on 1 July 1991.
Correspondence of pensions
- For the purposes of this Part:
(a) a service pension granted to a person because of section 38 of the former Part III and an age service pension under the new Part III correspond to each other; and
(b) a service pension granted to a person because of section 39 of the former Part III and an invalidity service pension under the new Part III correspond to each other; and
(c) a wife’s service pension granted to a person because of section
40 of the former Part III and a wife service pension under the new Part III correspond to each other; and
(d) a carer’s service pension granted to a person because of section
41 of the former Part III and a carer service pension under the new Part III correspond to each other.
Correspondence of provisions
- (1) If one provision of the former Part III and one provision of the new Part III have the same legal effect, the 2 provisions correspond to each other.
(a) one provision of the former Part III has a particular legal effect in relation to different types of service pension; and
(b) a provision of the new Part III has that legal effect in relation to only one of those types of service pension;
the provisions correspond to each other for the purposes of applying this Part (Savings and Transitional Provisions) to that payment type.
(3) In this section:
“legal effect” includes conferring the power to issue an instrument.