Veterans' Support Amendment Regulations 2024
2024/38
Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations 2024
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 2nd day of April 2024
Present:
The Right Hon Christopher Luxon presiding in Council
These regulations are made under section 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 2024.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 9 May 2024.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Veterans’ Support Regulations 2014.
4 Schedule 1 amended
Amend Schedule 1 as set out in Schedule 1 of these regulations.
5 Schedule 2A amended
Amend Schedule 2A as set out in Schedule 2 of these regulations.
Schedule 1 Schedule 1 amended
After the item relating to cerebrovascular accident, insert:
| cervical intervertebral disc prolapse | 66/2023 | 67/2023 |
In the item relating to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease,—
(a)
replace “21/2015”
with “88/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “22/2015”
with “89/2023”
.
Replace the item relating to Hodgkin’s lymphoma with:
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 70/2023 | 71/2023 |
Revoke the item relating to intervertebral disc prolapse.
In the item relating to malignant neoplasm of the breast,—
(a)
replace “96/2014”
with “84/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “97/2014”
with “85/2023”
.
In the item relating to malignant neoplasm of the lung,—
(a)
replace “92/2014”
with “86/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “93/2014”
with “87/2023”
.
In the item relating to malignant neoplasm of the small intestine,—
(a)
replace “1/2015”
with “80/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “2/2015”
with “81/2023”
.
In the item relating to malignant neoplasm of the stomach,—
(a)
replace “58/2014”
with “74/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “59/2014”
with “75/2023”
.
Replace the item relating to Paget’s disease of bone with:
| Paget disease of bone | 62/2023 | 63/2023 |
In the item relating to peripheral neuropathy,—
(a)
replace “74/2014”
with “72/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “75/2014”
with “73/2023”
.
In the item relating to plantar fasciitis,—
(a)
replace “51/2015”
with “82/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “52/2015”
with “83/2023”
.
In the item relating to pulmonary barotrauma,—
(a)
replace “15/2015”
with “64/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “16/2015”
with “65/2023”
.
In the item relating to soft tissue sarcoma,—
(a)
replace “5/2015”
with “76/2023”
; and
(b)
replace “6/2015”
with “77/2023”
.
After the item relating to systemic sclerosis, insert:
| tardive dyskinesia | 78/2023 | 79/2023 |
After the item relating to thoracic outlet syndrome, insert:
| thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse | 68/2023 | 69/2023 |
Schedule 2 Schedule 2A amended
Replace the item relating to Hodgkin’s lymphoma with:
| Hodgkin lymphoma |
After the item relating to porphyria cutanea tarda, insert:
| portal vein thrombosis |
Rachel Hayward,
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 2024, amend the Veterans’ Support Regulations 2014 (the principal regulations).
Regulation 4 and Schedule 1 amend Schedule 1 of the principal regulations, which lists the Australian statements of principles (the statements) that apply to specific medical conditions for the purposes of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014 (the Act). The amendments—
insert the names of 3 new conditions and references to statements related to those conditions:
replace the names and references to statements of 2 conditions in order to reflect the updated statements:
revoke the name and references to statements of intervertebral disc prolapse, as the content of the statements has been largely absorbed into the new statements of principles for cervical intervertebral disc prolapse and thoracolumbar intervertebral disc prolapse:
replace references to certain statements with updated references.
Regulation 5 and Schedule 2 amend Schedule 2A of the principal regulations, which lists accepted late-onset conditions for the purposes of the definition of accepted late-onset condition in section 7 of the Act. The amendments—
insert the name of 1 new condition and references to statements related to that condition:
replace the name of 1 condition in order to reflect the updated statements.
Date of notification in Gazette: 4 April 2024.
These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Defence Force.