Section 79L — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Advance payment deduction

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 79O, an advance payment deduction is to be made from an instalment of pension that is payable to a person if: (a) the person has received an advance payment of that pension or of another pension that was previously payable to the person; and (b) the person has not yet fully repaid the advance payment; and (c) the amount of the advance payment that has not been repaid is not a debt under subsection 205(1AB). (2) An advance payment deduction is not to be made from a person’s instalment of pension on the payday on which the advance payment is paid.