This is the only work devoted to the law on veterans’ entitlements in Australia. This second edition updates the material in the successful first edition and provides an invaluable reference for all those, be they ex-service organisations, tribunal members, legal practitioners, or Department officials, involved in assisting veterans’ obtain their entitlements to the pensions and benefits available to those who have served their country.

Summary Table of Contents

Veterans Entitlements Act 1986
CHAPTER I - Preliminary,
CHAPTER II - Pensions, other than service pensions, for veterans and their dependants,
CHAPTER III - Service pensions,
CHAPTER IIIA - Income support supplement,
CHAPTER IIIAB - Pension bonus,
CHAPTER IIIB - Provisions applicable to service pensions and income support supplement,
CHAPTER IIIC - Compensation recovery,
CHAPTER IV - Pensions for members of Defence Force or Peacekeeping Force and their dependants,
CHAPTER IVA - Advance payments of pension and income support supplement,
CHAPTER V - Medical and other treatment
CHAPTER VA - Extension of Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme,
CHAPTER VI - Allowances and other benefits,
CHAPTER VIA - Rehabilitation,
CHAPTER VII - Veterans’ Children Education Scheme,
CHAPTER VIIAA - Education entry payment,
CHAPTER VIIA - Pharmaceutical allowance and advance pharmaceutical allowance,
CHAPTER VIIAB - Defence Force Income Support Allowance and related payments,
CHAPTER VIIAC - Utilities allowance,
CHAPTER VIIAD - Seniors concession allowance,
CHAPTER VIIB - Telephone allowance,
CHAPTER VIIC - Seniors health card,
CHAPTER VIID - 2006 one-off payment to older Australians,
CHAPTER VIIE - 2007 one-off payment to older Australians,
CHAPTER VIIF - 2008 one-off payment to older Australians,
CHAPTER VIII - General provisions applicable to pensions etc.,
CHAPTER IX - Veterans’ Review Board,
CHAPTER X - Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal,
CHAPTER XI - The Repatriation Commission,
CHAPTER XIA - The Repatriation Medical Authority,
CHAPTER XIB - The Specialist Medical Review Council,
CHAPTER XII - Miscellaneous

PART II - Schedules
CHAPTER 1 - Repealed Acts,
CHAPTER 2 - Operational areas,
CHAPTER 2A - Classes of permanent visas,
CHAPTER 3 - Peacekeeping forces,
CHAPTER 4 - Oath and affirmation,
CHAPTER 5 - Savings and transitional provisions,
CHAPTER 6 - Calculation of rates of service pension and income support supplement