Section 13B — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Reinstated pensioners to be automatically paid pension

(1) If the Commission makes a determination under section 13AG that a person is a reinstated pensioner, the pension payable to the reinstated pensioner under subsection 30(1) is payable: (a) without the reinstated pensioner having to make a claim for the pension under section 14; and (b) without the Commission having to make a determination under section 19. (2) The Commonwealth is liable to pay the pension from the later of the following dates: (a) 1 January 2002; or (b) the date that an application for the determination in respect of the reinstated pensioner was lodged under section 13AC.