Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2017

Summary

Amends the: Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to: amend provisions in relation to the operation of the Veterans’ Review Board and the Specialist Medical Review Council; enable international agreements to be made to cover the provision of benefits and payments including rehabilitation that are comparable to those provided by the Repatriation Commission or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; and make minor corrections; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 in relation to the provision of certain rehabilitation assistance under an Employer Incentive Scheme; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 to: enable information sharing between the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation in relation to certain service related compensation claims; and provide for the delegation of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs’ powers and functions; Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to enable certain legislative instruments to incorporate matters contained in another non-disallowable legislative instrument or other non-legislative writings as in force from time to time; Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment (Defence Force) Act 2017; and Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006 and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 to make consequential amendments. Also amends five Acts to remove spent veterans’ affairs and military rehabilitation and compensation payments.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	30 Mar 2017
Second reading moved	30 Mar 2017
Second reading debate	25 Oct 2017
Second reading debate	26 Oct 2017
Second reading agreed to	26 Oct 2017
Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 10 Government agreed to	26 Oct 2017
Third reading agreed to	26 Oct 2017

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	13 Nov 2017
Second reading moved	13 Nov 2017
Second reading debate	15 Nov 2017
Second reading agreed to	15 Nov 2017
Third reading agreed to	15 Nov 2017


Finally passed both Houses	15 Nov 2017
Assent Act no: 128 Year: 2017	30 Nov 2017

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Third reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Revised explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Government [sheet JC459]

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (30/03/2017): Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Committee report (13/06/2017)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.