Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025 (17 of 2025)

Schedule 2   Single ongoing Act enhancements

Part 3   Presumptive liability

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

138   At the end of section 333

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(2) Subsection (1) does not require the Commission to consider matters relating to whether an injury or disease is attributable to defence service if the presumption in subsection 27A(1) or (2) is relied on for the purposes of determining that the injury or disease is a service injury or a service disease, as the case may be.

Note: Subsections 27A(1) and (2) contain a presumption that certain injuries and diseases are attributable to defence service unless the contrary is established.