Section 80 — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Interpretation

(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, treatment means treatment provided, or action taken, with a view to: (a) restoring a person to, or maintaining a person in, physical or mental health; (b) alleviating a person’s suffering; or (c) ensuring a person’s social well-being; and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes: (d) the provision of accommodation, medical procedures, nursing care, social or domestic assistance or transport; (e) the supply, renewal, maintenance and repair of artificial replacements, and surgical and other aids and appliances; and (f) the provision of diagnostic and counselling services; for the purposes of, or in connection with, any such treatment or action. (2) In this Part: (b) a reference to a country area of a State shall be read as a reference to a part of that State, outside the metropolitan area of the capital city of that State, determined by the Commission, by instrument in writing, to be a country area of that State for the purposes of this Part; and (c) a reference to a veteran shall be read as a reference to a person who is a veteran as defined by paragraph (a) of the definition of veteran in subsection 5C(1) other than a person who: (i) is a veteran as so defined by reason only that the person has rendered service as described in item 3 of the table in subsection 6A(1) or as described in subsection 6C(2); and (ii) has not satisfied the Commission, whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph, that the person was domiciled in Australia or an external Territory immediately before the person’s appointment or enlistment for that service. Note: Section 11B may affect a person’s domicile immediately before appointment or enlistment.