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)Notes on Clauses
| Short Title | Clause 1 provides that the Act is the Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024. |
| Commencement | Clause 2 sets out the commencement date of the provisions of the Act. For convenience, the commencement information is replicated below. |
| Schedules | Clause 3 provides that legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect to its terms. |
| Commencement information | ||
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Schedules 1 and 2 | 1 July 2026. | 1 July 2026 |
| 3. Schedule 3, Part 1 | The day after the end of the period of 60 days beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 4. Schedule 3, Part 2 | 1 July 2026. | 1 July 2026 |
| 5. Schedules 4 to 7 | 1 July 2026. | 1 July 2026 |
| 6. Schedule 8, Part 1 | 1 July 2026. | 1 July 2026 |
| 7. Schedule 8, Part 2 | The later of:
However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. |
1 July 2026 |