Section 93M — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Who is eligible?

(1) A Commonwealth veteran, an allied veteran or an allied mariner is eligible for a pharmaceutical benefits card under this Part if the veteran or mariner: (a) is 70 years of age or older; and (b) has rendered qualifying service during a period covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of period of hostilities in subsection 5B(1); and (c) has been an Australian resident for a continuous period of at least 10 years. Note 1: For qualifying service see section 7A and Division II of Part III. Note 2: For Australian resident see section 5G. (2) If: (a) a Commonwealth veteran, allied veteran or allied mariner has been an Australian resident during more than one period; and (b) the longer or longest of those periods is less than 10 years but is not less than 5 years; and (c) the aggregate of those periods is more than 10 years; then, in the application of paragraph (1)(c) to the veteran or mariner, the period of 10 years specified in that paragraph is to be reduced by a period equal to the period by which the aggregate is more than 10 years.