ANZAC Day Commemoration Act 2005

The Fund may be applied by the Minister, after consultation with the Council, for any of the following purposes:

payments to any organisation for the purpose of educating the community about the significance of ANZAC Day;

payments for aged veterans to maintain, alter and improve their homes;

payments to maintain and care for aged veterans in homes;

payments for the welfare of spouses, domestic partners and children of deceased veterans;

payments to any organisation established for the purpose of helping or supporting, or having a membership consisting of or including, veterans or the spouses, domestic partners, children or other dependants of veterans;

payments to any organisation for the purpose of conducting commemoration services on ANZAC Day;

payment of the expenses of administering the Fund.

Each application made to the Minister for a payment out of the Fund must be referred to the Council for its consideration and the Council must make recommendations to the Minister in relation to such applications as the Council thinks fit.

A person making an application for payment of money out of the Fund must—

provide the Minister with specified information to enable the Minister to determine the application; and

verify, by statutory declaration, information furnished for the purposes of the application.