Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump

Sum – Japanese internment Compensation) Determination 2015

I, MARK HARRIGAN, delegate of the Repatriation Commission, hereby determine under paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) that the amount specified in Part 2 is an exempt lump sum for the purposes of the definition of “ordinary income” in subsection 5H(1) of the VEA. 

Dated this                  2nd                             day of February                                2015

Mark Harrigan

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MARK HARRIGAN

Part 1: Preliminary and Interpretation

1.1    Name of determination

      This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump     Sum – Japanese internment Compensation) Determination 2015.

1.2    Commencement of determination

      This determination commences on the day after registration.

1.3    Revocation  

            The Veterans’ Entitlements Income Exempt Lump Sum Determination No.3           of 2001 is revoked.

1.4    Definition

            In this determination:

            compensation payment means:

(a) a compensation payment as defined in the Compensation (Japanese Internment) Act 2001; or

(b) a compensation payment made under the Veterans’ Entitlements (Compensation – Japanese Internment) Regulations 2001.

Part 2: Exempt Lump Sum

2.1    If a person has received a compensation payment, then the amount is an exempt lump sum.