Australian Government
Veterans’ Affairs (Modified Repatriation Private Patient Principles - Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Instrument 2006
Instrument 2015 No.R34
I, Michael Ronaldson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, approve this instrument under subsection 17(6) of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006.
Dated this 18th day of August 2015
Michael Ronaldson
MICHAEL RONALDSON
The Repatriation Commission makes this instrument under subsection 17(2) of the
Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006.
Dated this 6th day of August 2015
The Seal of the )
Repatriation Commission ) SEAL
was affixed hereto in the )
presence of: )
Simon Lewis Craig Orme
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SIMON LEWIS CRAIG ORME
AM CSC
PRESIDENT DEPUTY PRESIDENT
1. This instrument is the Veterans’ Affairs (Modified Repatriation Private Patient Principles - Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Instrument 2006.
2. This instrument commences when the Repatriation Private Patient Principles (Instrument 2015 No. R33) commences.
Note: the Repatriation Private Patient Principles commence on the day after registration.
3. The Repatriation Private Patient Principles (Instrument 2015 No. R33) is modified in accordance with the following table:
Provision in Repatriation Private Patient Principles being modified
Modification
Paragraph 1.1 Principles
substitute:
1.1 Principles
These Principles are the Veterans’ Affairs (Modified Repatriation Private Patient Principles - Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Instrument 2006
definition of “Act”
substitute:
Act means the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 in force from time to time.
definition of “Commission”
substitute:
Commission means the Repatriation Commission, continued in existence by section 179 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
definition of “dependant of a Vietnam veteran”
omit.
definition of “entitled person”
substitute:
entitled person means a person eligible for treatment of malignant neoplasia under the Act.
definition of “former Repatriation Hospital”
substitute:
former Repatriation Hospital means a hospital or other institution that was formerly operated by the Commission under paragraph 89(1)(a) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
definition of “Notes for Local Medical Officers”
substitute:
Notes for Local Medical Officers has the same meaning it has in the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006.
definition of “Principles “
substitute:
Principles means the Repatriation Private Patient Principles determined by the Commission under subsection 90A(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 as those Principles are modified by this instrument for the purposes of the Act.
definition of “private patient”
substitute:
private patient has the meaning given by subsection 17(8) of the Act.
definition of “ revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles “
substitute:
revoked Repatriation Private Patient Principles means the Repatriation Private Patient Principles 2004 No.R17 as those Principles were modified by the Repatriation Private Patient Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (Instrument 2006 No.R34) for the purposes of the Act.
definition of “Treatment Principles”
substitute:
Treatment Principles means the document prepared by the Commission under section 90 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 as modified by the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 for the purposes of the Act.
definition of “Vietnam veteran”
omit.
Paragraph 3.6
omit.
