Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations 2025

• Record Number: LMS1028331
• Citation: SL 2025/43
• Reference: SL 2025/43
• Year: 2025
• Type of Document: Secondary Legislation

Contenidos

• Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations 2025
• Preamble
• Contents
• Regulations
• 1 Title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Principal regulations
• 4 Schedule 1 amended
• 5 Schedule 2A amended
• Schedules
• 1 Schedule 1 amended
• 2 Schedule 2A amended
• Explanatory note

Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations 2025

Order in Council

At Wellington this 10th day of March 2025

Present:Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Preamble

These regulations are made under section 265 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014—

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

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

Contents

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Veterans’ Support Amendment Regulations 2025.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 10 April 2025.

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.

Schedules

1 Schedule 1 amended

Empowering provision: r 4

Replace the item relating to Achilles tendinopathy and bursitis with:

Revoke the item relating to antiphospholipid syndrome.

Revoke the item relating to dental caries.

In the item relating to fracture,—

1. replace

94/2015 with 62/2024:

2. replace

95/2015 with 63/2024.

Replace the item relating to ingrowing nail with:

Revoke the item relating to lipoma.

Replace the item relating to Meniere’s disease with:

Replace the item relating to myelodysplastic syndrome with:

In the item relating to neoplasm of the pituitary gland,—

1. replace

53/2015 with 70/2024:

2. replace

54/2015 with 71/2024.

Replace the item relating to non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin with:

In the item relating to osteoporosis,—

1. replace

98/2014 with 66/2024:

2. replace

99/2014 with 67/2024.

After the item relating to patellar tendinopathy, insert:

In the item relating to pinguecula,—

1. replace

118/2015 with 60/2024:

2. replace

119/2015 with 61/2024.

After the item relating to retinal vascular occlusion, insert:

After the item relating to subarachnoid haemorrhage, insert:

After the item relating to tinnitus, insert:

Revoke the item relating to trigeminal neuralgia.

Replace the item relating to trigeminal neuropathy with:

2 Schedule 2A amended

Empowering provision: r 5

After the item relating to diabetes mellitus, insert:

Replace the item relating to gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer with:

After the item relating to melioidosis, insert:

Replace the item relating to myelodysplastic syndrome with:

After the item relating to myeloma, insert:

Replace the item relating to non-melanotic malignant neoplasm of the skin with:

After the item relating to Parkinson’s disease and secondary parkinsonism, insert:

Rachel Hayward,Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 13 March 2025.

These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Defence Force.

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 10 April 2025, 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...