A New Tax System (Bonuses for Older Australians) Act 1999 (REPEALED)

Part 3 - Veterans' Affairs customers who qualify for bonus payment  

Division 6 - Miscellaneous  

33   Application of Veterans' Entitlements Act  

(1)    
Except to the extent that provision is made in this Part, the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applies to:

(a) the making of a determination about whether to grant a proper claim for an aged persons savings bonus payment under this Part; and

(b) the making of any payment as a result of such a determination; and

(c) any other matter relating to such a determination or payment;

in the same way as that Act applies to the making of determinations about, and payments of, pension bonus under that Act.

(2)    
For the purposes of so applying the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 :

(a) references in that Act to that Act itself are taken to include references to this Act; and

(b) any modifications of that Act that are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section apply.

Note:

This section means that the provisions of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 dealing with matters such as the following will apply:

• review of determinations;

• recovery of overpayments;

• delegation;

• information gathering;

• offences relating to false statements;

• evidentiary matters.