Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 194 — Appointments
(1) The Governor-General may, in the same instrument: (a) appoint a person, under section 182, to be a commissioner and appoint the person, under section 183, to be the President or Deputy President;…
Section 195 — Meetings
(1) The Commission shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the performance of its functions. (2) The President: (a) shall convene such meetings of the Commission as the President considers…
Section 196 — Staff
The staff necessary to assist the Commission shall be persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 and made available for the purpose by the Secretary.
Section 196A — Establishment of Authority
(1) A Repatriation Medical Authority is established. (2) The Repatriation Medical Authority: (a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and (b) has a common seal; and (c) may sue and be sued.…
Section 196AA — Application of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to the Authority
Despite paragraph 10(1)(d) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the definition of Department of State in section 8 of that Act, the Repatriation Medical Authority is…
Section 196CA — Authority not required to investigate certain requests
(1) The Authority may decide not to carry out an investigation in respect of a request for a review made under paragraph 196E(1)(e) or (f) if: (a) the request does not state the grounds on which the…
Section 196KA — Definitions for the purposes of the MRCA
In this Division: (a) for the purposes of paragraphs 196B(4)(d) and 196B(7)(e), service death has the same meaning as in the MRCA; and (b) for the purposes of paragraphs 196B(4)(d) and 196B(7)(e),…
Section 196UA — Annual report
The Repatriation Medical Authority must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, prepare and give to the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament, a report on the Authority’s…
Section 196VA — Application of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to the Review Council
Despite paragraph 10(1)(d) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the definition of Department of State in section 8 of that Act, the Review Council is not a…
Section 196ZA — Submissions to Review Council
(1) If the Review Council is carrying out a review under subsection 196W(2), any person or organisation referred to in any of paragraphs 196Y(1)(a) to (c) may make a submission in writing to the…
Section 196B — Functions of Authority
(1) This section sets out the functions of the Repatriation Medical Authority. The main function of the Authority is to determine Statements of Principles for the purposes of this Act and the MRCA.…
Section 196CB — Authority may consolidate requests
If: (a) 2 or more requests for review are made under subsection 196E(1); and (b) the requests are in relation to the same injury, disease or death; the Authority may carry out one investigation in…
Section 196ZB — Notice of investigation
(1) As soon as practicable after the Review Council has been asked under section 196Y to review: (a) a decision of the Repatriation Medical Authority not to make, or not to amend, a Statement of…
Section 196C — Powers of Authority with respect to investigations
(1) The Repatriation Medical Authority may not, for the purposes of an investigation, carry out any new research work (including any test or experiment). (2) The Authority may, for the purposes of an…
Section 196ZC — Copyright in submissions
(1) The Review Council is not the owner of any copyright subsisting in material (submitted material) contained in a submission made to the Review Council for the purposes of an investigation under…
Section 196ZD — Access to information
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person or organisation referred to in any of paragraphs 196Y(1)(a) to (c) is entitled, on request made in writing to the Review Council, to have reasonable access…
Section 196E — Request for an investigation, review etc.
(1) Any of the following: (a) the Commission; (aa) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; (b) a person eligible to make a claim for a pension under Part II or IV of this Act; (ba) a…
Section 196ZE — Membership
(1) The Review Council consists of such number of members as the Minister determines from time to time to be necessary for the proper exercise of the functions of the Review Council. (2) The…
Section 196F — Submissions to the Authority
(1) If the Repatriation Medical Authority is carrying out an investigation under subsection 196B(4) or (7), any person or organisation referred to in any of paragraphs 196E(1)(a) to (c) may make a…
Section 196ZF — Qualifications
The Minister is to appoint a person to be a councillor only if the person is a registered medical practitioner, or a medical scientist, with at least 10 years experience.
Section 196G — Notice of investigation
(1) As soon as practicable after the Repatriation Medical Authority: (a) has been asked under section 196E to carry out: (i) an investigation; or (ii) a review of a decision of the Authority not to…
Section 196ZG — Tenure of office
(1) Subject to this Act, a person appointed as Convener or as a councillor holds office for the period specified in the instrument of appointment. (2) A person may not hold office for a period of…
Section 196H — Copyright in submissions
(1) The Repatriation Medical Authority is not the owner of any copyright subsisting in material (submitted material) contained in a submission made to the Authority for the purposes of an…
Section 196ZH — Resignation
A councillor may resign from office by written notice given to the Minister.
Section 196I — Access to information
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person or organisation referred to in any of paragraphs 196E(1)(a) to (c) is entitled, on request made in writing to the Repatriation Medical Authority, to have…
Section 196ZI — Termination of appointment
The Minister may terminate the appointment of a person as councillor: (a) for misbehaviour or for physical or mental incapacity; or (b) if he or she becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a…
Section 196J — Notice of decision not to make etc. Statement of Principles
(1) When the Repatriation Medical Authority decides not to make, or not to review or not to amend, a Statement of Principles, it must, within 14 days, notify the Commission or the Military…
Section 196ZJ — Acting Convener
The Minister may appoint a councillor to act as Convener: (a) during a vacancy in the office of Convener, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or (b) during any…
Section 196K — Repatriation Medical Authority to send information to Review Council
The Repatriation Medical Authority must, within 28 days after being notified that the Review Council has been asked to review: (a) a Statement of Principles; or (b) its decision not to determine a…
Section 196ZK — Conduct of reviews
(1) The Review Council is, for the purposes of a review, to be constituted by at least 3, but not more than 5, councillors selected by the Convener. (2) If the Review Council as constituted for the…
Section 196L — Membership
(1) The Repatriation Medical Authority consists of a Chairperson and 4 other members. (2) All members are to be appointed on a part-time basis by the Minister. (3) One of the members must be a person…
Section 196ZL — Remuneration and allowances
(1) A councillor is to be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal but, if no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, a member is to be paid…
Section 196M — Qualifications
The Minister is to appoint a person as Chairperson or as a member only if the person is a registered medical practitioner, or a medical scientist, with at least 10 years experience.
Section 196ZM — Staff
The staff necessary to assist the Review Council consists of persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 and made available to the Review Council by the Secretary.
Section 196N — Tenure of office
(1) Subject to this Act, a person appointed as Chairperson or as a member holds office for the period specified in the instrument of appointment. (2) A person may not hold office for a period of more…
Section 196ZN — Medical expenses
(1) The Commonwealth may, subject to this section, pay to an applicant who asks the Review Council to conduct a review as provided for by this Part an amount to cover the medical expenses incurred by…
Section 196O — Resignation
A member may resign from office by written notice given to the Minister.
Section 196ZO — Travelling expenses for obtaining medical evidence
(1) If an applicant has had to travel to obtain any medical evidence submitted to the Review Council as mentioned in subsection 196ZN(1), the applicant is, subject to this section, entitled to be…
Section 196P — Termination of appointment
The Minister may terminate the appointment of a person as Chairperson or as a member: (a) for misbehaviour or for physical or mental incapacity; or (b) if he or she becomes bankrupt, applies to take…
Section 196ZP — Advance of travelling expenses for obtaining medical evidence
(1) If the Review Council is satisfied that: (a) it is reasonable to expect that a person may become entitled to travelling expenses under section 196ZO; and (b) it is appropriate, in all the…
Section 196Q — Acting Chairperson
The Minister may appoint a member to act as Chairperson: (a) during a vacancy in the office of Chairperson, whether or not an appointment has previously been made to the office; or (b) during any…
Section 196ZQ — Travelling expenses for making oral submissions
(1) If: (a) either: (i) the Review Council is carrying out a review under subsection 196W(2) and an individual, or an organisation referred to in paragraph 196Y(1)(c), has made a written submission…
Section 196R — Meetings
(1) The Chairperson may convene meetings of the Repatriation Medical Authority as he or she considers necessary for the performance of its functions. The Chairperson may delegate this power to…
Section 196ZR — Lodgement of requests and applications
(1) The Convener may give written directions: (a) as to the manner of lodging requests or applications, including in electronic form, with the Review Council for the purposes of paragraphs…
Section 196S — Remuneration and allowances
(1) A member shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal but, if no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, a member shall be paid such…
Section 196T — Staff
The staff necessary to assist the Repatriation Medical Authority consists of persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 and made available to the Authority by the Secretary.
Section 196U — Consultants
(1) The Repatriation Medical Authority may, under written agreement, engage consultants to provide expert advice to the Authority about any disease, injury or death that the Authority is…
Section 196V — Establishment of Specialist Medical Review Council
(1) A Specialist Medical Review Council is established. Note: All references in this Part to the Review Council are references to the Specialist Medical Review Council: see the definition of Review…
Section 196W — Functions of Review Council
(1) This section sets out the functions of the Review Council. (2) If the Review Council is asked under section 196Y to review: (a) some or all of the contents of a Statement of Principles in respect…
Section 196X — Notification of decision of Review Council to be notified in Gazette
(1) A decision of the Review Council under section 196W must be notified in the Gazette. (2) The Review Council must also give a copy of the decision to: (a) the person or organisation that asked for…