2. Requirements to qualify for benefits

(1) A military veteran qualifies for one or more benefits provided for in the Act and
these regulations if he or she:

• (a) meets the criteria prescribed in these regulations for the benefit applied for; and
• (b) is listed in the national military veterans data base.

(2) Despite subregulation (1), a military veteran who has been convicted of rape, murder, robbery, theft or high treason committed after 27 April 1994 and sentenced to imprisonment for a period exceeding 5 years without the option of a fine is disqualified from receiving any benefits provided for in the Act and these regulations.

(3) Subregulation (2) must not be interpreted as also disqualifying a dependant of a military veteran disqualified in terms of that subregulation from receiving any benefits provided for in the Act and these regulations.