Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 16

                   A claim under subsection 14(1) for a pension for a veteran or for a dependant of a deceased veteran, an application under subsection 15(1) for an increase in the rate of pension payable to a veteran or an application under subsection 15(2) for a pension for a veteran may be made:

                     (a)  by the veteran or dependant, as the case may be;

                     (b)  with the approval of the veteran or dependant, as the case may be, by another person on behalf of the veteran or dependant;

                     (c)  in the case of a veteran or dependant, as the case may be, who is unable, by reason of physical or mental incapacity, to approve a person to make the claim or application on his or her behalf--by another person, being a person approved by the Commission, on behalf of the veteran or dependant; or

                     (d)  in the case of a dependant who is under the age of 18 years:

                              (i)  by a parent or guardian of the dependant;

                             (ii)  by another person approved by a parent or guardian of the dependant; or

                            (iii)  if there is not a parent or guardian of the dependant alive, or willing and able to make, or approve a person to make, such a claim or application on behalf of the dependant--by another person, being a person approved by the Commission;

                            on behalf of the dependant.