47Furnishing of information

47 Furnishing of information

(1) Section 127 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act extends to a matter that might affect, or have affected, the payment of a pension, allowance or other pecuniary benefit, or the provision of treatment, under a repealed Act in respect of a time before the commencing date as if references in that section to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act included references to the repealed Act. (2) For the purpose of the application of section 127 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act, a notice given to a person under section 121 of the Repatriation Act before the commencing date, being a notice requiring the furnishing of information within a period ending on or after that date, shall be treated as if it had been given under section 127 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act. (3) Subject to subsection (4), section 128 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act extends to information, documents or evidence in relation to a matter that might affect or might have affected: (a) the grant or payment of a pension, allowance or other pecuniary benefit under a repealed Act; or (b) the provision of medical treatment under a repealed Act; as if the reference to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act, or to Part V of that Act, included a reference to the repealed Act. (4) Section 128 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act, in its application by virtue of subsection (3), does not authorise the service of a notice in respect of a matter on a person if a notice had been given to the person in respect of the matter under section 121A of the Repatriation Act. (5) For the purpose of the application of section 128 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act, a notice given to a person under section 121A of the Repatriation Act before the commencing date, being a notice requiring the furnishing of information or the production of documents, within a period ending on or after that date, or requiring the person to appear on a date on or after that date to give evidence and produce documents shall be treated as if it had been given under section 128 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act. (6) Notwithstanding anything in section 127 or 128 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act: (a) the penalty for an offence against subsection 127(4) or (5) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act in respect of a notice to which subsection (2) of this section applies is a fine not exceeding $500; and (b) the penalty for an offence against subsection 128(4) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act in respect of a notice to which subsection (5) of this section applies is a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.