Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) Regulations 2017

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, make the following regulations.

Dated 14 December 2017

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Dan Tehan

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Regulations 2007

Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 2017

Sex Discrimination Regulations 1984

1  Name

  This instrument is the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) Regulations 2017.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the following:

 (a) the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006;

 (b) the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973;

 (c) the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Regulations 2007

1  Regulation 1

After “Tests”, insert “and British Commonwealth Occupation Force”.

2  Regulation 3 (definition of Act)

After “Tests”, insert “and British Commonwealth Occupation Force”.

Human Services (Medicare) Regulations 2017

3  Subsection 28(2)

After “Tests”, insert “and British Commonwealth Occupation Force”.

4  Paragraph 31(2)(a)

After “Tests”, insert “and British Commonwealth Occupation Force”.

Sex Discrimination Regulations 1984

5  Paragraph 4(3)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

 (b) those Treatment Principles as modified by the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) (Modifications of the Treatment Principles) Instrument 2013 made under section 16 of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006;