Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025 (17 of 2025)
Schedule 3 Review pathway
Part 1 Amendments commencing 60 days after Royal Assent
Division 1 Main amendments
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
85 Sections 137 to 140A
Repeal the sections, substitute:
137 Variation of pension assessment pending completion of review
If:
(a) a request has been made under subsection 352J(8) of the MRCA (requests by Principal Member) in relation to a review; and
(b) under subsection 352J(9) of that Act, the Board adjourns a hearing of the review; and
(c) the review is of a decision with respect to a pension assessment;
the Board may vary the pension assessment pending the completion of the review, having regard to the records and evidence on which the Commission reached that decision.