Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 56

             (1)  Where:

                     (a)  a person who is receiving a service pension or income support supplement is given a notice under section 54; and

                     (b)  the notice requires the person to inform the Department or a specified officer of the occurrence of an event or change in circumstances within a specified period (in this section called the notification period ); and

                     (c)  the event or change in circumstances occurs; and

                     (d)  the person informs the Department or specified officer of the occurrence of the event or change in circumstances within the notification period in accordance with the notice; and

                     (e)  because of the occurrence of the event or change in circumstances:

                              (i)  the person ceases to be eligible for the pension or income support supplement; or

                             (ii)  the pension or income support supplement would, but for this section, cease to be payable to the person;

the pension or income support supplement continues to be payable to the person until the end of the notification period and then ceases to be payable to the person.

             (2)  If the person ceases to be eligible for a pension under subsection (1), the pension is cancelled.

Note 2:       if a pension ceases to be payable to a person under this section, the person's eligibility for benefits under Division 12 also ceases.

             (3)  If:

                     (a)  a person who is receiving a service pension or income support supplement is given a notice under section 54; and

                     (b)  the notice requires the person to inform the Department or a specified officer of the occurrence of an event or change in circumstances within a specified period (the notification period ); and

                     (c)  the event or change in circumstances occurs; and

                     (d)  the person informs the Department or specified officer of the occurrence of the event or change in circumstances within the notification period in accordance with the notice; and

                     (e)  because of the occurrence of the event or change in circumstances, the person's rate of pension or income support supplement is to be reduced;

then, except as otherwise provided by this Act, the pension or income support supplement becomes payable to the person at the reduced rate immediately after the end of the notification period.