Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations (No 4) 2019

2019/312

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations (No 4) 2019

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 9th day of December 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 4) 2019.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 2 January 2020.

3 Principal regulations

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

4 Schedule 1 amended
References replaced

(1)

In Schedule 1, item relating to anal fissure,—

(a)

replace “73/2010” with “87/2019”; and

(b)

replace “74/2010” with “88/2019”.

(2)

In Schedule 1, item relating to conductive hearing loss,—

(a)

replace “7/2011” with “81/2019”; and

(b)

replace “8/2011” with “82/2019”.

(3)

In Schedule 1, item relating to irritable bowel syndrome,—

(a)

replace “27/2011” with “65/2019”; and

(b)

replace “28/2011” with “66/2019”.

(4)

In Schedule 1, item relating to malignant neoplasm of the bladder,—

(a)

replace “96/2011” with “83/2019”; and

(b)

replace “97/2011” with “84/2019”.

(5)

In Schedule 1, item relating to renal stone disease,—

(a)

replace “65/2010” with “69/2019”; and

(b)

replace “66/2010” with “70/2019”.

(6)

In Schedule 1, item relating to schistosomiasis,—

(a)

replace “86/2010” with “61/2019”; and

(b)

replace “87/2010” with “62/2019”.

(7)

In Schedule 1, item relating to strongyloidiasis,—

(a)

replace “88/2010” with “63/2019”; and

(b)

replace “89/2010” with “64/2019”.

(8)

In Schedule 1, item relating to subarachnoid haemorrhage,—

(a)

replace “67/2010” with “67/2019”; and

(b)

replace “68/2010” with “68/2019”.

References and names replaced

(9)

In Schedule 1, replace the item relating to Morton’s metatarsalgia with:

Morton metatarsalgia77/201978/2019

(10)

In Schedule 1, replace the item relating to obstructive and reflux neophropathy with:

obstructive and reflux nephropathy85/201986/2019

(11)

In Schedule 1, replace the item relating to varicocele with:

varicocoele79/201980/2019

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 2 January 2020, amend the Veterans’ Support Regulations 2014 (the principal regulations).

The 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 for 11 conditions with updated references. The amendments also change the names of 3 of those conditions as follows:

  • Morton’s metatarsalgia is now known as Morton metatarsalgia:

  • obstructive and reflux neophropathy is changed to obstructive and reflux nephropathy (to correct a spelling error):

  • varicocele is now known as varicocoele.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 12 December 2019.

These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Defence Force.