Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

In this Act, a reference to a child of a veteran or of a deceased veteran is a reference to:

a child of the veteran or an adopted child of the veteran; or

a child who is a child of the veteran within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975; or

any other child who is, or was immediately before the death of the veteran, wholly or substantially dependent on the veteran.

For the purposes of subsection (1), where a veteran is, under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, liable to maintain a child, the child shall be deemed to be wholly or substantially dependent on that veteran.

In this section, a reference to a veteran shall be read as including a reference to a person who is a member of the Forces, or a member of a Peacekeeping Force, as defined by subsection 68(1).

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a child of a person (not being a person who is a veteran or a member referred to in subsection (4)) shall be read as a reference to a person who would, in accordance with subsection (1), be a child of that person if that person were a veteran.