Australian Government
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
 
Veterans’ Entitlements (Treatment Principles – Incorporated Documents Update) Instrument 2008
 
Instrument No. R16/2008
 
 
I, Alan Griffin, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, pursuant to subsection 90(5) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, approve this instrument made by the Repatriation Commission.
Dated this    15th    day of                   August         2008
Alan Griffin
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ALAN GRIFFIN
 
The Repatriation Commission, pursuant to subsection 90(4) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, varies the Treatment Principles (Instrument No.R8 of 2004) in accordance with the Schedule.
Dated this 11th       day of                   August         2008
Ed Killesteyn                       Gary Collins                      W D Rolfe
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ED KILLESTEYN                   GARY COLLINS              BRIGADIER W D ROLFE AO (Rtd)
A/PRESIDENT                   A/DEPUTY PRESIDENT              COMMISSIONER
 
 
 
 
[1]     Name of Instrument
This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Treatment Principles – Incorporated Documents Update) Instrument 2008.
 
[2]  Commencement
 
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
Schedule
 
1.       Paragraph 1.4.1 (Interpretation)
 
          insert:
 
in force on the date in Schedule 3, in relation to a document, means that on the date in Schedule 3 for the document:
 
(a)      if the document is required under the Principles to be approved by the Commission or approved by the Department or approved by either – the document has been approved as required.
 
Note: an example being the Notes for Local Medical Officers (para.1.4.1).
 
(b)     if the document is prepared on behalf of the Department or the Commission but is not required under the Principles to be approved in a manner in paragraph (a) – the document has been approved in a manner in paragraph (a).
 
                    Note: an example being a Fee Schedule (para.1.4.1).
 
(c)     if the document is not prepared for a purpose in paragraph (b) and is not required under the Principles to be approved in a manner in paragraph (a) – the document exists.
 
Note: an example being the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (para. 2.4.2A).
 
 
 
 
 
2.       Paragraph 1.4.1 (definition of dental schedules)
 
            omit, substitute:
 
“dental schedules” means the documents known as Dental Schedules A, B and C and the document entitled “Dental Prosthetist Schedule”, that list the dental services arranged by the Commission for entitled persons – being documents approved by the Commission or the Department and in force on the date in Schedule 3 for these documents.
 
3.       Paragraph 11.2A.1
 
          after this paragraph insert:
 
11.2A.2       A grant of prior approval must be recorded in writing by the Department within 7 days after it has been made.
 
11.2A.3       The record may be maintained in electronic form and must be stored by the Department for a period of at least 12 months commencing on the 8th day after the grant of prior approval was made.
 
4.       Schedule 3 (Dates for Incorporated Documents)
 
          omit:
 
1 November 2007
 
          substitute:
 
          1 September 2008