Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Act 2007 (89 of 2007)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Part 2   Application and saving provisions

82   Application and saving - items 35 to 39

(1) Despite the amendments made by items 35 to 39 of this Schedule, if:

(a) a person began a period in gaol before the commencement of those items; and

(b) that period in gaol had not ended by the time those items commenced;

then sections 55 and 55A of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 continue to apply in relation to each instalment of service pension or income support supplement payable, or that would otherwise be payable, to the person before the person is released from gaol as if the amendments made by those items had not been made.

(2) Despite the amendments made by items 35 to 39 of this Schedule, any direction in force before the commencement of those items under subsection 55(1) or 55A(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 continues in force after the commencement of those items as if the amendments made by those items had not been made.

(3) The amendments made by items 35 to 39 of this Schedule apply in relation to an instalment of a service pension or income support supplement that is payable to a person in respect of a day that:

(a) is on or after the commencement of this item; and

(b) is not part of a continuous period, during which the person has been undergoing psychiatric confinement, that began before the commencement of this item.