House of Representatives
Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024
Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel, the Honourable Matthew James Keogh MP)Glossary
In this Explanatory Memorandum, the following abbreviations are used:
| Abbreviation | Definition |
| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ADA | Additional Disablement Amount |
| ADF | Australian Defence Force |
| CDF | Chief of the Defence Force |
| DCP | Disability Compensation Payment |
| DRCA | Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 |
| DVA | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| EDA | Extreme Disablement Adjustment |
| MCTPA | Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 |
| MRCA | Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 |
| MRCAETS | Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme |
| MRCC | Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission |
| PI | Permanent Impairment |
| RMA | Repatriation Medical Authority |
| SMRC | Specialist Medical Review Council |
| SOP, SOPs | Statement(s) of Principles |
| SRCA | Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 |
| SRDP | Special Rate Disability Pension |
| VCES | Veterans' Children Education Scheme |
| VEA | Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 |
| VRB | Veterans' Review Board |