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

143   At the end of section 335

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Section not apply to certain determinations

(4) This section does not apply in relation to the determination that a person's injury or disease is a service injury or a service disease, as the case may be, if the presumption in subsection 27A(1) or (2) is relied on for the purposes of making the determination.

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


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