Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015

Type: Government
Portfolio: Veterans’ Affairs
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 44

Summary

Amends the: Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 in relation to the Veterans’ Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme to: include medical management and psychosocial services in the scheme; and make changes to the intermediate and special rate disability pensions; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 to provide for a single appeal path for the review of original determinations made under the Act; and Defence Act 1903 to expand the war graves regulation making power to include graves of service dependants buried in Terendak Military Cemetery in Malaysia.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	25 Jun 2015
Second reading moved	25 Jun 2015
Second reading debate	20 Aug 2015
Second reading agreed to	20 Aug 2015
Third reading agreed to	20 Aug 2015

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	20 Aug 2015
Second reading moved	20 Aug 2015
Second reading debate	07 Sep 2015
Second reading agreed to	07 Sep 2015
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 3 Government agreed to	30 Nov 2015
Third reading agreed to	30 Nov 2015

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments	01 Dec 2015


Finally passed both Houses	01 Dec 2015
Assent Act no: 174 Year: 2015	11 Dec 2015

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Supplementary explanatory memorandum

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Proposed amendments

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Government [sheet JC277]

Opposition [sheet 7753]
CONROY, Sen Stephen

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (07/09/2015): Schedule 2 of bill referred to Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Committee report (25/09/2015)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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