Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 52ZK

             (1)  If a person who is participating in the pension loans scheme makes a request to withdraw from the scheme, the scheme ceases to operate in relation to the person on the day on which the request is lodged.

             (2)  A request under subsection (1) must be signed:

                     (a)  if the person is not a member of a couple--by the person; or

                     (b)  if the person is a member of a couple--by both members of the couple.

             (3)  The request must:

                     (a)  be in writing; and

                     (b)  be lodged at an office of the Department in Australia in accordance with section 5T.

             (4)  A request lodged in accordance with section 5T is taken to have been made on a day determined under that section.