Repatriation Acts Amendment Act 1979

An appeal lodged under section 64 of the Repatriation Act 1920 or section 8aa of the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940, but not determined by an Appeal Tribunal, before the commencement of this Part shall, after the commencement of this Part, be treated, for the purposes of the Repatriation Act 1920 or the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940, whichever is the appropriate Act, as if it were an application under section 107vc of the Repatriation Act 1920 or section 34 of the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940, whichever is the appropriate section, for a review by the Repatriation Review Tribunal of the determination the subject of the appeal, and, for the purposes of that review, that determination shall be deemed to be a decision.

An appeal lodged under section 67 of the Repatriation Act 1920 or section 8ab of the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940, but not determined by an Assessment Appeal Tribunal, before the commencement of this Part shall, after the commencement of this Part, be treated, for the purposes of the Repatriation Act 1920 or the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940, whichever is the appropriate Act, as if it were an application under section 107vd of the Repatriation Act 1920 or section 35 of the Seamen’s War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940, whichever is the appropriate section, for a review by the Repatriation Review Tribunal of the decision the subject of the appeal or, if the subject of the appeal was the current assessment of the rate of a pension, of the decision making that assessment.

An appeal lodged under section 70 of the Repatriation Act 1920, but not determined by an Assessment Appeal Tribunal, before the commencement of this Part shall, after the commencement of this Part, be treated, for the purposes of the Repatriation Act 1920, as if it were an application under section 107ve of that Act for a review by the Repatriation Review Tribunal of the determination the subject of the appeal, and, for the purposes of that review, that determination shall be deemed to be a decision.