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

Schedule 2   Single ongoing Act enhancements

Part 1   Amendments relating to allowances etc.

Division 2   Acute support package

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

24   After subsection 268B(5)

Insert:

(5AA) If the person is a war widow or war widower (both within the meaning of the VEA), the criterion is that the person is under 65 years of age at the time the person's eligibility for an acute support package is determined.

(5AB) If the person was:

(a) the partner of a deceased member immediately before the deceased member's death; and

(b) partly dependent on the deceased member at the date of the deceased member's death;

the criteria are as follows:

(c) the person is under 65 years of age at the time the person's eligibility for an acute support package is determined;

(d) the deceased member's death occurred no more than 2 years before the day the person's eligibility for the package is determined;

(e) the deceased member's death resulted from an injury (within the meaning of the DRCA).