Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2019

2019/73

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2019

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 8th day of April 2019

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

These regulations are made under sections 23(3) and 265 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014—

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister for Veterans made in accordance with section 23 of that Act.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2019.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 9 May 2019.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Veterans’ Support Regulations 2014 (the principal regulations).

4 Schedule 1 amended

(1)

In Schedule 1, item relating to adrenal insufficiency,—

(a)

replace “74/2009” with “71/2018”; and

(b)

replace “75/2009” with “72/2018”.

(2)

In Schedule 1, item relating to bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia,—

(a)

replace “62/2009” with “79/2018”; and

(b)

replace “63/2009” with “80/2018”.

(3)

In Schedule 1, item relating to chondromalacia patella,—

(a)

replace “79/2010” with “1/2019”; and

(b)

replace “80/2010” with “2/2019”.

(4)

In Schedule 1, item relating to concussion,—

(a)

replace “64/2012” with “92/2018”; and

(b)

replace “65/2012” with “93/2018”.

(5)

In Schedule 1, replace the item relating to Dupuytren’s disease with:

Dupuytren disease9/201910/2019

(6)

In Schedule 1, replace the item relating to human immunodeficiency virus with:

human immunodeficiency virus infection5/20196/2019

(7)

In Schedule 1, replace the item relating to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 with:

human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection96/201897/2018

(8)

In Schedule 1, item relating to hypopituitarism,—

(a)

replace “76/2009” with “11/2019”; and

(b)

replace “77/2009” with “12/2019”.

(9)

In Schedule 1, item relating to iliotibial band syndrome,—

(a)

replace “34/2010” with “3/2019”; and

(b)

replace “35/2010” with “4/2019”.

(10)

In Schedule 1, item relating to internal derangement of the knee,—

(a)

replace “51/2010” with “7/2019”; and

(b)

replace “52/2010” with “8/2019”.

(11)

In Schedule 1, item relating to moderate to severe traumatic brain injury,—

(a)

replace “62/2012” with “94/2018”; and

(b)

replace “63/2012” with “95/2018”.

(12)

In Schedule 1, replace the item relating to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with:

non-Hodgkin lymphoma90/201891/2018

(13)

In Schedule 1, item relating to reactive arthritis,—

(a)

replace “26/2010” with “75/2018”; and

(b)

replace “27/2010” with “76/2018”.

(14)

In Schedule 1, item relating to scrub typhus,—

(a)

replace “72/2009” with “77/2018”; and

(b)

replace “73/2009” with “78/2018”.

(15)

In Schedule 1, item relating to sinusitis,—

(a)

replace “9/2010” with “73/2018”; and

(b)

replace “10/2010” with “74/2018”.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 9 May 2019, amend the Veterans’ Support Regulations 2014 (the principal regulations).

These regulations amend Schedule 1 of the principal regulations, which lists the Australian statements of principles that apply to specified medical conditions for the purposes of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014.

The amendments—

  • replace references to the Australian statements of principles with updated references for 11 conditions; and

  • replace the names and references to the Australian statements of principles with updated names and references for 4 conditions. The renamed conditions are Dupuytren disease (formerly Dupuytren’s disease), human immunodeficiency virus infection (formerly human immunodeficiency virus), human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection (formerly human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (formerly non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 11 April 2019.

These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Defence Force.