Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Commencement Proclamation 2016

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 2016, fix 1 January 2017 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.

Signed and Sealed with the

Great Seal of Australia on

 08 December 2016

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Dan Tehan

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs