Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2004 - SECT 17

                   For the purposes of this Act, an eligible young person, or the partner of a member, is taken to be wholly dependent on a member if:

                     (a)  the young person or partner lives with the member; or

                     (b)  the Commission is of the opinion that the young person or partner would be living with the member but for:

                              (i)  a temporary absence of the member, or the young person or partner (as the case requires); or

                             (ii)  an absence of the member, or the young person or partner (as the case requires), due to illness or infirmity.

Note:          This section also applies to former members (see section 20).