Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987 (Cth)
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Application provisions
4. Transitional and savings provisions
5. Repeals
PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947
6. Principal Act
7. Interpretation
8. Insertion of new section:
3a. Treatment of certain income
9. Pension loans scheme
10. Disposal of income or property
11. Financial hardship
12. Pension reduction amounts
13. Certain persons to be disregarded for certain purposes
14. Certain persons deemed to continue to receive full time education
15. Insertion of new section in Part I:
12a. Earnings credit
16. Rate of remote area allowance
17. Conditions of grant of invalid pension
18. Rate of pension
19. Rent assistance
20. Repeal of section 38
21. Carer’s pension
22. Repeal of section 40
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS—
Section
23. Interpretation
24. Repeal of section 57
25. Right to be paid pension outside Australia
26. Pension payable under Reciprocal Agreement
27. Prescribed persons
28. Repeal of Part IX and substitution of new Part:
PART IX—FAMILY ALLOWANCE SUPPLEMENT
72. Interpretation
73. Qualification to receive allowance
74. Rate of allowance
75. Claim for allowance
76. Payment of allowance
77. Cessation of allowance
78. Sharing of allowance between 2 persons
29. Qualification for family allowance
30. Family allowance not payable in respect of certain student children
31. Income test for family allowances
32. Date from which family allowance payable
33. Family allowances to cease in certain circumstances
34. Interpretation
35. Qualification for double orphan’s pension
36. Repeal of Part XII and substitution of new Part:
PART XII—CHILD DISABILITY ALLOWANCE
101. Interpretation
102. Qualification for allowance
103. Temporary absences from home
104. Rate of allowance
105. Day from which allowance payable
106. Reduction for periods in institution
107. Cessation of allowances
108. Allowance periods
109. Notification
37. Insertion of new section in Division 2 of Part XIII:
117a. Job search allowance
38. Rate of unemployment or sickness benefit
39. Indexation of unemployment and sickness benefits
40. Repeal of section 120 and substitution of new section:
120. Rent assistance
41. Insertion of new section:
121a. Parental income test
42. Income and assets test
43. Unemployment benefit not payable in certain cases
44. Repeal of section 127 and substitution of new section:
127. Education leavers
45. Benefit not payable to full time students
46. Reduction in rate of pension
47. Notice to insurers
48. Claims
49. Payment and calculation of instalments of certain pensions
50. Insertion of new section:
160a. Minimum payment
51. Manner of payment etc.
52. Payment of pension etc. during imprisonment etc.
53. Cancellation, suspension or variation of pension etc.
54. Pension etc. to cease to be payable in certain cases
55. Secretary may impose certain requirements
56. Special temporary allowance
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS—
Section
57. Rates of certain pensions affected where certain education payments made
58. Recovery of overpayments
59. Extra-territorial operation of certain provisions
PART III—AMENDMENTS OF THE VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986
60. Principal Act
61. Interpretation
62. Dependants
63. Repeal of section 12 and substitution of new section:
12. Interpretation
64. Determination of claims and applications
65. Insertion of new section:
24a. Continuation of rates of certain pensions
66. Increased rates of pension in certain cases
67. Capacity to undertake remunerative work
68. Review by Commission
69. Commission may take evidence
70. Reasons for decisions to be given
71. Interpretation
72. Insertion of new section:
35a. Treatment of certain income
73. Rate of veteran’s service pension
74. Insertion of new section:
49b. Earnings credit
75. Disposal of property or income
76. Financial hardship
77. Remote area allowance
78. Review of decision etc.
79. Special temporary allowance
80. Prescribed persons
81. Prescribed rate of income and property value
82. Veterans eligible to be provided with treatment
83. Treatment at hospitals and other institutions
84. Clothing allowance
85. Attendant allowance
86. Decoration allowance
87. Recreation transport allowance
88. Commission not bound by technicalities
89. Payments of pensions
90. Repeal of section 123 and substitution of new sections:
123. Interpretation
123a. Payment of pension etc. on death of person
123b. Distribution where deceased leaves valid will
123c. Intestacy
123d. Statutory order of distribution
123e. Non-distributable amounts
91. Review of decisions in respect of pensions and attendant allowances
92. Board not bound by technicalities etc.
93. Applications for review
94. Application of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act
95. Powers of Commission
96. Trustees for pensioners
97. Recovery of overpayments
98. References to provisions of the Social Security Act as re-numbered and re-lettered
PART IV—AMENDMENTS OF THE SEAMEN’S WAR PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1940
99. Principal Act
100. Interpretation
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS—
Section
101. Duties of Pensions Committees
102. Determinations and assessments by Commission
103. Insertion of new section:
24a. Continuation of rates of certain pensions
104. Allowance for attendant
105. Power to obtain information
106. Application for review
107. Application of Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act
108. Payment of pensions
109. Review by Commission
110. Recovery of overpayments
111. Insertion of new section:
57b. Delegation by Secretary
112. Regulations
113. Schedule 2
114. Amendments relating to Social Security Act as re-numbered and re-lettered
PART IV—AMENDMENTS OF THE VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1986
115. Principal Act
116. Assessment of rate of pension
117. Payment of pension etc. on death of person
118. Insertion of new section in Part IV:
58a. Appropriation
119. References to provisions of the Social Security Act as re-numbered and re-lettered
PART V—AMENDMENTS OF THE DEFENCE (RE-ESTABLISHMENT) ACT 1965
120. Principal Act
121. Amendments relating to Social Security Act as re-numbered and re-lettered
PART VI—AMENDMENTS OF THE STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT 1973
122. Principal Act
123. Adjustment of benefit
SCHEDULE 1
AMENDMENTS OF THE VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 TO SUBSTITUTE REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 AS RE-NUMBERED AND RE-LETTERED
SCHEDULE 2
AMENDMENT OF THE SEAMEN’S WAR PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1940 TO SUBSTITUTE REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 AS RE-NUMBERED AND RE-LETTERED
SCHEDULE 3
AMENDMENTS OF THE VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1986 TO SUBSTITUTE REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 AS RE-NUMBERED ANDRE LETTERED
SCHEDULE 4
AMENDMENTS OF THE DEFENCE (RE-ESTABLISHMENT) ACT 1965 TO SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 AS RE-NUMBERED AND RE-LETTERED
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BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
within the meaning of section 52 of that Act that took place before or after that day.
(a) a person was receiving a sickness benefit immediately before 13 December 1987; and
(b) the rate of benefit applicable to the person at that time was the rate referred to in paragraph 118 (1) (e) of the
Social Security Act 1947 as in force at that time;
that paragraph continues, while the person continues to be qualified to receive a sickness benefit, to apply to the person until:
(c) the person ceases to be a person referred to in that paragraph; or
(d) paragraph 118 (1) (c) of that Act becomes applicable to the person.
(a) a person was receiving a sickness benefit immediately before 13 December 1987; and
(b) the rate of that benefit was increased under section 120 of the Principal Act;
the
rate of that increase shall, until a higher rate of increase becomes applicable
to the person under section 120 of the
Subsection 12 (3)
Paragraphs 36 (5) (b) and (c)
Section 56
Subsection 72 (3).
(a) by omitting from subsection (8) “Where” and substituting “Subject to subsection (8a), where”;
(b) by inserting after subsection (8) the following subsection:
“(8a) Subsection (8) does not apply to a person if the person and the person’s former spouse are each receiving:
(a) an age pension, an invalid pension, a carer’s pension or a sheltered employment allowance;
(b) a rehabilitation allowance in place of such a pension or allowance; or
(c) a service pension under the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986. ”.
(a) by omitting subparagraph (b) (ii) of the definition of “Australian resident” in subsection (1) and substituting the following subparagraph:
“(ii) a return endorsement, or a resident return visa, in force under the
Migration Act 1958 ; or”; and(b) by omitting paragraph (10) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) the child is living with the person while the person is an Australian resident.”.
“(5a) For the purposes of this Act, where a person who is qualified to receive an unemployment benefit or a sickness benefit is a married person whose spouse is not in receipt of a prescribed pension, the value of the property of, or of the property of a particular kind of, the person includes the value of the property of, or of the property of that kind of, the person’s spouse.”.
“ ‘job search allowance’ means a benefit under section 117a;
‘sickness benefit’ means a benefit under section 117;
‘special benefit’ means a benefit under Division 6 of Part XIII;
‘unemployment benefit’ means a benefit under section 116;”.
“3a. (1) In this section:
‘accruing return investment’ means an arrangement made by a person that consists of or includes an investment of money, being an investment:
(a) that produces:
(i) a fixed rate or quantifiable rate of return, whether or not that rate varies from time to time; or
(ii) a rate of return that may be reasonably approximated; and
(b) the value of which from time to time is unlikely to decrease as a result of market changes;
‘friendly society’ means:
(a) a society registered as a friendly society under a law in force in a State or Territory; or
(b) a society that had, before 13 December 1987, been approved for the purposes of the definition of ‘friendly society’ in subsection 115 (1);
‘return’, in relation to an investment, means any increase, whether of a capital or income nature, in the amount of the investment and, in
the case of an investment of the kind referred to in subparagraph (a) (ii) of the definition of ‘accruing return investment’, means a reasonable approximation of such an increase.
“(2) Where a person makes, whether before or after the commencement of this subsection, an accruing return investment, being an investment to which subsections (3) and (5) do not apply, the person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to receive the rate of return on that investment as income of the person from the day on which that investment was made.
“(3) Where a person makes, on or after 1 January 1988, an accruing return investment:
(a) with a friendly society; or
(b) of a kind where a return is not available until the end of a period of at least 12 months after that investment was made or until realisation of that investment;
the person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to receive the rate of return on that investment as income of the person from the day on which that investment was made.
“(4) Where a person becomes entitled, whether before or after the commencement of this subsection, to receive an amount of income, being an amount of a capital nature but not being:
(a) income from remunerative work undertaken by the person; or
(b) a return from an accruing return investment;
the person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to receive one fifty-second of that amount as income of the person during each week in the period of 12 months commencing on the day on which the person becomes entitled to receive that amount.
“(5) Where a person makes, at any time before 1 January 1988, an accruing return investment:
(a) with a friendly society; or
(b) of a kind where a return is not available until the end of a period of at least 12 months after that investment was made or until realisation of that investment;
and the person becomes entitled to receive an amount by way of a return on that investment, the person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to receive one fifty-second of that amount as income of the person during each week in the period of 12 months commencing on the day on which the person becomes entitled to receive that amount.
“(6) A reference in subsection (4) or (5) to a person becoming entitled to receive an amount includes a reference to the person becoming entitled to receive an amount under an arrangement of the kind referred to in the definition of ‘accruing return investment’ in subsection (1) to the extent that subsection (2) or (3) does not apply to that entitlement.”.
(a) by omitting from subsections (4) and (5) “or XIII”;
(b) by substituting for subparagraphs (10) (b) (i) and (11) (b) (i) the following:
“(i) to obtain or enable the person’s spouse to obtain a prescribed pension;”;
(c) by omitting from subparagraphs (10) (b) (ii) and (11) (b) (ii) “such a pension, benefit or allowance” and substituting “a prescribed pension”;
(d) by omitting from subsection (13) all the material before paragraph (a) and substituting:
“(13) A reference in this section to a pension year, in relation to a person who is receiving a prescribed pension, is a reference to:”;
(e) by omitting from paragraphs (13) (b) and (c) “pension pay-day” and substituting “day”; and
(f) by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(15) For the purposes of the application of this section to Part XIII, references in this section to 1 June 1984 shall be read as references to 14 May 1987.”.
(a) by omitting from subsection (2) “determination” and substituting “decision”; and
(b) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “determines” and substituting “decides”.
“(4) Where:
(a) the amount per annum of the reduction under subsection (3) in the maximum annual rate of pension, benefit (other than a benefit under Part XIII) or allowance applicable to a person in respect of property of the person or the person’s spouse that is property referred to in paragraph (1) (c) is less than the lesser of the following amounts per annum:
(i) the amount per annum equal to 2.5% of the value of that property;
(ii) the amount per annum that could reasonably be expected to be obtained from a purely commercial application of that property; or
(b) there is no reduction under subsection (3) in respect of that property;
the maximum annual rate of pension, benefit or allowance applicable to the person shall:
(c) in a case to which paragraph (a) applies—be further reduced by the difference between that first-mentioned reduction and that lesser amount per annum; or
(d) in a case to which paragraph (b) applies—be reduced by that lesser amount per annum.”.
(a) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (a) “, or a benefit under Part XIII is not payable to a person because of the application of subsection 122 (10), being a person who is not receiving and is not eligible to apply for and whose spouse is not receiving and is not eligible to apply for payments made available by the Commonwealth by way of income support where the payments are made or calculated at a rate not less than the rate of unemployment benefit that would be applicable to the person if the person were eligible to receive such a benefit”;
(b) by inserting in paragraph (1) (c) “in the case of a person who is not qualified to receive an unemployment benefit or a sickness benefit—” before “any of the property”;
(c) by inserting after paragraph (1) (c) the following paragraph:
“(ca) in the case of a person who is qualified to receive an unemployment benefit or a sickness benefit—any of the property of the person or, if the person is a married person, of the person and the person’s spouse, is property that the person or the spouse cannot sell or realise and cannot use as security for borrowing;”;
(d) by omitting from paragraph (1) (d) “that” (last occurring) and substituting “this”;
(e) by inserting in subsection (3) “(other than a person who is qualified to receive a benefit under Part XIII)” after “person” (first occurring);
(f) by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3a) Subject to subsections (4a) and (5), where this section applies to a person who is qualified to receive a benefit under Part XIII, the weekly rate of the benefit shall, notwithstanding section 122, be determined in the following manner:
(a) the value of the property of the person that is property referred to in paragraph (1) (c) shall be disregarded;
(b) there shall be deducted from the weekly rate of the benefit that would be payable to the person apart from the operation of section 122 an amount per week equal to the sum of:
(i) the weekly rate of income of the person (other than income from property of the person that is not property referred to in paragraph (1) (c) or property to which paragraph 4 (1) (a) applies); and
(ii) an amount per week equal to 50 cents for each $250 of the value of the property of the person (other than property referred to in paragraph (1) (c) or property to which paragraph 4 (1) (a) applies).”;
(g) by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:
“(4a) Where:
(a) the amount per week of the reduction under subsection (3a) in the maximum weekly rate of a benefit under Part XIII applicable to a person in respect of property of the person or the person’s spouse that is property referred to in paragraph (1) (c) is less than the lesser of the following amounts per week:
(i) the amount per week equal to one fifty-second of 2.5% of the value of that property;
(ii) one fifty-second of the amount per annum that could reasonably be expected to be obtained from a purely commercial application of that property; or
(b) there is no reduction under subsection (3a) in respect of that property;
the maximum weekly rate of benefit applicable to the person shall:
(c) in a case to which paragraph (a) applies—be further reduced by the difference between that first-mentioned reduction and that lesser amount per week; or
(d) in a case to which paragraph (b) applies—be reduced by that lesser amount per week.”;
(h) by inserting in subsection (5) “, (3a)” after “subsections (3)”; and
(j) by omitting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsection:
“(6) Where:
(a) the sum of the annual rate of pension, benefit or allowance that would, apart from this subsection, be payable to a person (other than a person who is in receipt of an unemployment benefit or a sickness benefit) and the annual rate of income of the person exceeds the maximum rate; or
(b) the sum of the weekly rate of benefit that would, apart from this subsection, be payable to a person who is in receipt of an unemployment benefit or a sickness benefit and the weekly rate of income of the person exceeds the applicable rate;
the rate so payable shall be reduced by the amount per annum of the excess.”.
(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “, 38 (4) (b)”;
(b) by omitting from subsection (3) “, 38”; and
(c) by omitting from paragraph (3) (b) “, 38 (4)”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) an unemployment benefit is not payable to the person during a period because of the operation of section 127 or 136;”; and
(b) by inserting “116, 117,” after “other than sections”.
“12a. (1) In this section:
‘annual permissible income’, in relation to a person, means:
(a) the annual rate specified in paragraph 33 (12) (a), 38 (4) (a) or 48 (3) (a) that is applicable to the person; or
(b) if the person has a dependent child or children—the rate referred to in paragraph (a) increased by the annual rate applicable to the person under subsection 35 (1) or 49 (1);
‘annual rate of income’, in relation to a person who is receiving a pension the rate of which is calculated under or by reference to Part IV or V, means the annual rate of income of the person for the purposes of those Parts calculated without regard to subsection 35 (1) and paragraph 49 (1) (a);
‘credit amount’, in relation to a person whose annual permissible income in a particular week ending on a Wednesday exceeds the person’s annual rate of income in that week, means one fifty-second of an amount equal to that excess;
‘earnings credit’, in relation to a person who is receiving a pension, in relation to the week commencing on 5 November 1987 and in relation to each succeeding week, means:
(a) in the case of a person who is receiving a pension on 4 November 1987:
(i) in relation to the week commencing on 5 November 1987—the sum of the credit amounts (if any) in relation to the person calculated from 1 January 1987 or from the day on which the person commenced to receive the pension, whichever is the later, or
(ii) in relation to each later week—the amount of the earnings credit (if any) of the person for the preceding week increased, if there is a credit amount in relation to the person for that later week, by that credit amount or decreased, if subsection (3) applied to the person in that later week, by the amount by which the person’s earnings credit was reduced under that subsection in that later week;
or $1,000, whichever is the lesser amount; or
(b) in the case of a person who commences to receive a pension after 4 November 1987:
(i) in relation to the week in which the person commences to receive the pension—the credit amount (if any) of the person for that week; or
(ii) in relation to each later week—the amount of the earnings credit (if any) of the person for the preceding week increased, if there is a credit amount in relation
to the person for that later week, by that credit amount or decreased, if subsection (3) applied to the person in that later week, by the amount by which the person’s earnings credit was reduced under that subsection in that later week;
or $1,000, whichever is the lesser amount;
‘pension’ means a prescribed pension under this Act, other than a carer’s pension or a benefit under Part XIII.
“(2) For the purposes of the definition of ‘earnings credit’ in subsection (1):
(a) where:
(i) a person was, immediately before becoming entitled to receive a pension, receiving a payment under Part III of the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 ; and(ii) the person had an earnings credit under section 49b of that Act at that time;
the earnings credit shall be treated as if it were an earnings credit under this section; and
(b) where a person who has ceased to be qualified to receive a pension again becomes entitled to receive a pension, no account shall be taken of any earnings credit of the person before the person again became so entitled.
“(3) Where:
(a) there is an earnings credit in relation to a person (not being a person to whom subsection 33 (15) or (16) applies);
(b) the person becomes entitled to a payment for remunerative work undertaken by the person during a particular week; and
(c) in that week, the annual rate of income of the person exceeds the annual permissible income of the person;
the person shall be taken, for the purposes of sections 33, 38 and 48 and Part VIII, not to have received so much of the payment referred to in paragraph (b) as does not exceed the person’s earnings credit and the earnings credit shall be reduced accordingly.”.
(a) by omitting “, 38 (4) (a)” from paragraph (a) of the definition of “annual permissible income” in subsection (1); and
(b) by omitting from subsection (3) “, 38”.
“(b) at that time, the person was a dependent child of an Australian resident and the person becomes an Australian resident while the person is a dependent child of an Australian resident;”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (4) (a) and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(a) $1,144 per annum in respect of each dependent child who has not attained the age of 13 years;
(aa) $1,456 per annum in respect of each dependent child who has attained the age of 13 years but has not attained the age of 16 years;
(ab) $884 per annum in respect of each dependent child who is not a prescribed student child of the person and who has attained the age of 16 years; and”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (10) (a) “$884 per annum” and substituting “the greater or greatest amount per annum that could be applicable to the person under a paragraph of subsection (4) if subsection (6) did not apply to the person”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (10) (b) all the material after “is less than” and substituting “the greater or greatest amount per annum that could be applicable to the person under a paragraph of subsection (4) if subsection (6) did not apply to the person—the rate of pension applicable to the person shall be increased by the amount per annum by which that increase in the maximum rate is less than that greater or greatest amount per annum.”; and
(d) by omitting from subsection (11) “$884 were references to $728” and substituting “the greater or greatest amount per annum that could be applicable to the person under a paragraph of subsection (4) if subsection (6) did not apply to the person were references to $728”.
(a) by omitting from subsections (1) and (2) “age pension or invalid pension” and substituting “pension under this Part”;
(b) by omitting from subsections (7), (8) and (9) “age or invalid pension” (wherever occurring) and substituting “pension under this Part”;
(c) by omitting from paragraphs (8) (a) and (9) (a) “of this section and subsection 38 (4)”;
(d) by omitting from paragraph (8) (b) “of this section or paragraph 38 (4) (b)”;
(e) by omitting from paragraph (9) (b) “of this section or paragraph 38 (4) (a)”;
(f) by omitting from subsections (12) and (13) “an age or invalid pension” and substituting “a pension under this Part”;
(g) by inserting in subsection (12) “and who is qualified to receive an age or invalid pension” after “blind”; and
(h) by omitting subsections (19), (20) and (21) and substituting the following subsections:
“(19) Subject to subsection (21), a dependent child of a husband shall, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be a dependent child of the husband’s spouse and not of the husband.
“(20) Where a wife is not receiving a pension under this Part, a supporting parent’s benefit or an allowance under Part XIV or XVI, then, for the purposes of the application of this section to the wife’s spouse:
(a) subsection (19) does not apply; and
(b) a dependent child of the wife shall be taken to be a dependent child of the wife’s spouse and not of the wife.
“(21) For the purposes of the application of this section to a person in relation to whom a direction under subsection (2) is in force and to the spouse of that person, where each of those persons is receiving a prescribed pension and the direction was given because of the illness or infirmity of the wife, a dependent child of the wife shall be taken to be a dependent child of the husband and not of the wife.”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (4) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) $260 per annum in respect of each dependent child:
(i) who is a prescribed student child of the person;
(ii) who was, immediately before 1 January 1988, a student child to whom or in respect of whom a payment of a kind referred to in paragraph 3 (13) (a), (b) or (c) was being made; and
(iii) who was, immediately before that day, a person in respect of whom an increase in the maximum rate of a prescribed pension was applicable.”; and
(b) by omitting subsection (11) and substituting the following subsection:
“(11) Subsection (10) applies to a person who:
(a) has at least one dependent child:
(i) who is a prescribed student child of the person;
(ii) who was, immediately before 1 January 1988, a student child to whom or in respect of whom a payment of a kind referred to in paragraph 3 (13) (a), (b) or (c) was being made; and
(iii) who was, immediately before that day, a person in respect of whom an increase in the maximum rate of a prescribed pension was applicable; and
(b) does not have a dependent child who is not a child to whom paragraph (a) applies;
as if references in that subsection to the greater or greatest amount per annum that could be applicable to the person under a paragraph of subsection (4) if subsection (6) did not apply to the person were references to $260.”.
(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “a relative of the person” and substituting “another person”;
(b) by omitting from subsection (1) “the relative” (wherever occurring) and substituting “the other person”;
(c) by omitting from subsection (2) “a relative” and substituting “another person”;
(d) by omitting from subsection (3) the definition of “relative”; and
(c) by omitting paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of “severely handicapped person” in subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(a) has a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability; and
(b) because of that disability, requires:
(i) frequent attention in connection with the person’s bodily functions; or
(ii) constant supervision to prevent injury to the person or to another person;
permanently or for an extended period.”.
“(4) Division 4 of Part V applies to a beneficiary as if the beneficiary were a pensioner for the purposes of that Part.”.
(a) by omitting from subsection (2) “A carer’s pension” and substituting “Subject to subsection (3), a carer’s pension”; and
(b) by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(3) Subsection (2) applies to a person who was receiving a carer’s pension on 13 May 1987 and was outside Australia on that day as if the reference in that subsection to 1 October 1987 were a reference to 13 May 1988.”.
“(2) Where:
(a) a person is receiving an invalid pension by reason only of the agreements set out in Schedule 1;
(b) immediately before 1 July 1987, the person was receiving such a pension and an allowance by way of rent assistance under section 30a of the
Social Security Act 1947 as in force at that time; and(c) if that section were still in operation, the person would be receiving such an allowance;
the person is, subject to subsection (3), entitled to an allowance under this section at the rate (not exceeding the rate of rent assistance payable to the person immediately before 1 July 1987) equal to the difference between:
(d) the rate of pension payable to the person from time to time or, if that rate is less than the rate of pension that was payable to the person immediately before 1 July 1987, the rate that was so payable; and
(e) the sum of:
(i) the rate of pension that was payable to the person immediately before 1 July 1987; and
(ii) the rate of the allowance by way of rent assistance that was payable to the person at that time or, if the rate of the allowance by way of rent assistance that would be payable to the person if that section were still in operation is lower, that lower rate.
“(3) An allowance under subsection (2) ceases to be payable to a person when the rate referred to in paragraph (2) (d) becomes equal to, or exceeds, the sum of the rates referred to in paragraph (2) (e).”.
“(4) This Act applies to a person
to whom an agreement set out in a Schedule on 1 October 1987 applies as if the
amendments made by section 29 of the
“(3a) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), where:
(a) on or after 1 January 1988, the annual rate of income of a person increases so that it exceeds the prescribed rate of income applicable to the person;
(b) immediately before that increase, the annual rate of the person’s income did not exceed that prescribed rate of income; and
(c) the amount of that excess is not more than 25% of that prescribed rate of income;
the person is not, while the amount of that excess continues to be not more than 25% of that prescribed rate of income, a prescribed person for the purposes of section 66 or 67 at any time during the period of 13 weeks commencing on the first pension pay day after that increase occurred.
“(3b) Where:
(a) subsection (3a) applies to a person; and
(b) the annual rate of income of the person increases so that it exceeds by more than 25% the prescribed rate of income applicable to the person;
the person becomes a prescribed person for the purposes of sections 66 and 67 and subsection (3a) does not apply to the person on a further occasion unless the annual rate of income of the person falls below that prescribed rate of income.”.
“72. (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
‘allowable income’, in relation to a person who is receiving a family allowance in respect of a child in relation to a period of 4 weeks, means $1,200 increased by $48 for each additional dependent child of the person;
‘allowance’ means family allowance supplement under this Part;
‘allowance pay day’ means Thursday, 17 December 1987 and each succeeding alternate Thursday;
‘allowance period’ means a period during which an allowance is payable in accordance with subsection 76 (1);
‘compensation payment’ means a payment under section 45, 46 or 50 of the
Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees )Act 1971 or section 5 of theSeamen’s Compensation Act 1911 ;‘income’ means income within the meaning of this Act, but including:
(a) a payment under Part IV, V, VI, XIII, XIV or XVI or under section 172;
(b) a payment under Part III of the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 ;(c) a payment of an allowance under Part III of the
Disability Services Act 1986 ; and(d) a payment of the kind referred to in paragraph (n) or (o) of the definition of ‘income’ in subsection 3 (1).
“(2) For the purposes of this Part, the income of a married person shall include the income of the person’s spouse.
“73. Subject to this Part, a person who:
(a) is not receiving, and whose spouse is not receiving:
(i) a payment under Part IV, V, VI, XIII, XIV or XVI;
(ii) any other periodic payment under a law of the Commonwealth, other than a compensation payment, or under a scheme administered by the Commonwealth that provides for increases in rate in respect of a child of a person; or
(iii) a payment under the law of a foreign country that is similar in character to a payment referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii); and
(b) is receiving a family allowance in respect of a child or whose spouse is outside Australia and is receiving a family allowance in respect of a child;
is, if the person and the child are in Australia, qualified to receive an allowance, to be known as family allowance supplement, in respect of the child.
“74. (1) Subject to this section, the rate of an allowance payable to a person who is qualified to receive an allowance in respect of a child is:
(a) if the child is under 13 years—$22 per week;
(b) if the child has attained the age of 13 years but is under the age of 16 years—$28 per week;
(c) if the child is a student child but is not a prescribed student child— $17 per week;
(d) if the child is a prescribed student child and the allowance is payable before 1 January 1988—$14 per week; or
(e) if:
(i) the child is a prescribed student child to whom or in respect of whom an allowance is payable under the Aboriginal Secondary Assistance Scheme, the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme or the Veterans’ Children Education Scheme;
(ii) immediately before 1 January 1988, the child was a student child to whom or in respect of whom such an allowance was payable;
(iii) an amount of a family income supplement was being paid in respect of the child immediately before 17 December 1987; and
(iv) the allowance is payable on or after 1 January 1988; $5 per week.
“(2) Subject to this section, where:
(a) an allowance is payable to a person;
(b) the person has a dependent child who is under the age of 16 years; and
(c) the person pays or is liable to pay rent at a rate exceeding $15 per week;
the total amount of allowances payable to that person shall be increased by $15 per week or 50% of the amount by which the weekly rent paid or payable by the person exceeds $15, whichever is the lesser amount.
“(3) Where:
(a) a person who has lodged a claim for an allowance is qualified to receive an allowance; and
(b) the income of the person during:
(i) if the person was not receiving an allowance immediately before the day on which the claim was lodged—the period of 4 weeks ending on that day; or
(ii) in any other case—the period of 4 weeks commencing 8 weeks before that day;
exceeds the amount of the allowable income of the person in relation
to that period of 4 weeks; the rate per week of the allowance that is payable to the person during the allowance period is the maximum rate per week that could be payable to the person reduced by an amount per week equal to one-eighth of the amount of that excess.
“(4) Where:
(a) a person is receiving an allowance; and
(b) at any time during the allowance period, the income of the person during a period of 4 weeks that ends on a day within the allowance period, being a period of 4 weeks that ended within one month of that time, exceeded 125% of each of:
(i) the amount of the income of the person that was last taken into account for the purposes of determining the total rate per week of allowance payable to the person during that allowance period; and
(ii) the amount of the allowable income of the person in that period of 4 weeks;
the rate per week of the allowance payable to the person during the remainder of the allowance period is the maximum rate per week that could be payable to the person reduced by an amount per week equal to one-eighth of the amount by which the income of the person during that period of 4 weeks exceeds the allowable income of the person in that period of 4 weeks.
“(5) The rate of an allowance payable to a person shall not be reduced during an allowance period because of the income of the person otherwise than under subsection (4).
“(6) Where the amount of an allowance payable to a person in respect of a fortnight would include 0.5 cent, that amount shall be increased by 0.5 cent.
“(7) For the purposes of the application of subsection (2) to a married person who is living with his or her spouse in their home, any rent paid or payable by the spouse shall be taken to be paid or payable by the person.
“75. (1) Where:
(a) an allowance is payable to a person; and
(b) the person lodges another claim for an allowance during the allowance period;
that other claim shall be taken to be lodged on the day after the last day of the allowance period.
“(2) Where:
(a) a person has been paid ah allowance during the whole or a part of an allowance period; and
(b) the person lodges another claim for an allowance within the period of 4 weeks after the end of that allowance period;
the other claim shall be taken to have been lodged on the day after the last day of that allowance period.
“76. (1) Subject to this Part, where a claim by a person for an allowance is granted, the allowance shall be paid:
(a) if the person was entitled to receive an allowance immediately before the claim was lodged—during the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which the claim was lodged; or
(b) in any other case—during the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which the claim was lodged or during such shorter period commencing on that day as the Secretary decides;
and shall commence to be paid from the first allowance pay day after the day before the day on which the claim was lodged.
“(2) Where:
(a) a person or the person’s spouse ceases, on or after 17 December 1987, to receive periodic payments under a law of the Commonwealth other than compensation payments or under a scheme administered by the Commonwealth that provides for an increase in rate in respect of a child of the person;
(b) the person lodges a claim for an allowance in respect of that child before the end of 6 weeks after ceasing to receive those payments; and
(c) the person was qualified to receive an allowance in respect of that child on the day on which those payments ceased;
the claim shall be taken to have been lodged on the day after the day on which those payments ceased.
“77. (1) If a person to whom an allowance is payable in respect of a child ceases to be qualified to receive an allowance in respect of the child, the allowance ceases to be payable to the person in respect of the child in respect of any period after the allowance pay day before the day on which the person so ceased.
“(2) If the total amount of allowances payable to a person is increased under subsection 74 (2) and the person ceases to be a person to whom that subsection applies, the increase ceases to be payable to the person in respect of any period after the allowance pay day before the day on which the person so ceased.
“78. (1) An allowance is not payable to more than one person in respect of the same child except in accordance with this section.
“(2) If 2 persons are each qualified to receive, and have claimed, an allowance in respect of the same child, the Secretary shall:
(a) decide that the allowance is payable to one of those persons; or
(b) decide that the allowance is to be shared between those persons in a manner decided by the Secretary.
“(3) Where the Secretary makes a decision under subsection (2), the Secretary shall inform the persons to whom the decision relates in writing of the details of the decision.”.
“(2) This section applies to a person if the person is:
(a) an Australian resident; or
(b) a dependent child of an Australian resident who is living with the Australian resident.”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (b) of the definition of “income threshold” in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) if a family allowance would, apart from this subsection, be payable to the person at that time in respect of more than one child—$2,500 multiplied by one less than the number of those children;”;
(b) by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:
“(4) Where the amount calculated under subsection (3) is not a multiple of 5 cents, that amount shall be reduced to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.”;
(c) by omitting from subsection (5) “who is under the age of 16 years”;
(d) by omitting from subsection (7) “the first family allowance period after” and substituting “the family allowance period in which”;
(e) by omitting from subsection (8) “14 December 1989” and substituting “14 January 1989”; and
(f) by omitting subsection (9) and substituting the following subsection:
“(9) Where:
(a) a family allowance is payable to an unmarried person in respect of a child; and
(b) the person becomes a married person;
subsection (2) does not apply to the person until the commencement of the calendar year following the day on which the person became a married person.”.
“(3) A family allowance granted to an institution in respect of a child is payable:
(a) from the day on which the claim for the family allowance was lodged; or
(b) if the institution was qualified to receive a family allowance in respect of the child before that day—from the day on which the institution became qualified to receive the family allowance in respect of the child or, if the institution became so qualified more than 4 weeks before the claim was lodged, from the day occurring 4 weeks before the day on which the claim was lodged.”.
(a) by inserting after the definition of “double orphan” in subsection (1) the following definitions:
“ ‘mental hospital’ includes a nursing home;
‘mental hospital patient’ includes a nursing home patient;”; and
(b) by omitting from subsection (4) “, whether in that hospital or in a similar hospital,”.
“101. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
‘allowance’ means a child disability allowance under section 102;
‘disabled child’ means a child who:
(a) has a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability;
(b) because of that disability, needs care and attention provided by another person on a daily basis that is substantially more than the care and attention needed by a child of the same age who does not have such a disability; and
(c) is likely to need that care and attention permanently or for an extended period;
‘family allowance period’ has the same meaning as in section 87.
“102. Where:
(a) a family allowance under Part X is payable or would, apart from sections 81 and 85, subsection 82 (6) and paragraph 89 (1) (b), be payable to a person in respect of a child;
(b) the child is a disabled child; and
(c) the person provides, in a private home that is the residence of the person and the child, care and attention for the child on a daily basis;
the person is qualified to receive an allowance, to be known as a child disability allowance, in respect of the child.
“103. (1) A person does not cease to be qualified to receive an allowance in respect of a child only because the child is or has been absent from the child’s home for a period not exceeding 28 days, or for periods which in the aggregate do not exceed 28 days, during any calendar year.
“(2) Where:
“(2) Where the pensioner requests the Commission in writing to do so, -the Commission may, in writing, approve payment of the pension to a person specified in the request for such period as is specified in the approval.
“(3) The Commission shall not approve payment of the pension to the person specified in the request unless the Commission is satisfied that the person has agreed to receive payment as agent of the pensioner.
“(3a) Where a payment of pension is made to a person in accordance with an approval under subsection (2):
(a) the payment shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be a payment of the pension to the pensioner;
(b) neither the Commonwealth nor the Commission is bound to oversee the application of the payment by the person; and
(c) the person shall be taken to receive the payment as agent of the pensioner.”.
(a) by omitting “or” from the end of paragraph (5a) (b); and
(b) by omitting all the material in subsection (5a) after paragraph (5a) (b) and substituting the following:
“(c) by reason of a refusal or failure of an Australian mariner to comply with a notice served on the mariner under subsection (5aa); or
(d) by reason of the circumstances referred to in a paragraph of section 24a being applicable to the veteran;
in a case to which paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies, a pension should be cancelled or suspended or is being paid at a higher rate than it should be or, in a case to which paragraph (d) applies, a pension is being paid at a higher rate than it should be, the Commission may, by determination in writing, cancel or suspend or decrease the rate of the pension, or decrease the rate of the pension, as the case may be, with effect, subject to subsection (5b), from the day on which the determination was made or such later day as is specified in the determination.”.
“(5d) Where the Commission determines that a pension be suspended:
(a) the Commission may, in the same determination, fix the date of re-commencement of the pension; or
(b) if the Commission does not so fix the date of re-commencement, the Commission shall, in a subsequent determination, fix the date of re-commencement of the pension unless it makes a further determination cancelling the pension.”.
(a) by omitting from subparagraph (1) (a) (i) “or”; and
(b) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) (a) the following subparagraph:
“(iii) an application for an attendant allowance in accordance with section 21; or”.
“(6) Where a person becomes liable to pay an additional amount under subsection (5), the amount may be recovered as if it were an amount that is recoverable under subsection (1).”.
“57b. (1) The Secretary may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the Secretary, delegate to an officer or employee of the Australian Public Service all or any of the Secretary’s powers under this Act or the regulations, except this power of delegation.
“(2) A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Act and the regulations, be deemed to have been exercised by the Secretary.
“(3) A delegation of a power under this section does not prevent the exercise of the power by the Secretary.”.
(a) by omitting paragraphs (1) (da), (db) and (e) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(e) medical treatment and pharmaceutical benefits for Australian mariners and other persons;”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (1) (fa) “receiving medical benefits” and substituting “being provided with medical treatment”;
(c) by omitting paragraph (g);
(d) by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) Regulations made in pursuance of paragraph (1) (e) may apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification:
(a) the Treatment Principles, prepared and approved under section 90 of the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 , as inforce at a particular time, or as in force from time to time; and
(b) the scheme, prepared and approved under section 91 of that Act, as in force at a particular time, or as in force from time to time.”;
(e) by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsections:
“(4a) The regulations may provide that nothing in the regulations shall be taken to:
(a) impose a duty on the Commission to arrange for the provision of; or
(b) confer a right on a person to be provided, under arrangements made by the Commission with;
treatment for a particular injury or disease, treatment of a particular kind for an injury or disease or treatment for an injury or disease outside Australia.
“(4b) The regulations may provide that nothing in the regulations shall be taken to confer on a person the right to be provided with treatment for an injury or disease:
(a) by the Commonwealth; or
(b) by the Commission otherwise than to the extent that, and in a manner that, it may be provided under arrangements made by, or with the approval of, the Commission.”;
(f) by omitting the definition of “medical treatment” from subsection (5); and
(g) by inserting in subsection (5) the following definitions in their respective appropriate alphabetical positions (determined on a letter-by-letter basis):
“ ‘medical treatment’ has the same meaning as treatment has in subsection 80 (1) of the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 ;‘pharmaceutical benefits’ has the same meaning as in subsection 91 (9) of the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 ”.
(a) by omitting “62.20” (wherever occurring) and substituting “68.20”; and
(b) by omitting “124.40” (wherever occurring) and substituting “136.40”.
“58a. The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for payments under this Act.”.
(a) by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a) an amount has been paid under the
Social Security Act 1947 that:(i) is not payable because of paragraph 136 (1) (a) of that Act; or
(ii) was paid as a result of a decision under subsection 136 (2a) of that Act; and”; and
(b) by omitting from subsection (1) “section 140, or subsection 146 (1),” and substituting “section 181 or subsection 186 (1)”.
AMENDMENTS OF THE VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 TO SUBSTITUTE REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 AS RE-NUMBERED AND RE-LETTERED
Item No. | Column 1 Provision of the | Column 2 Matter to be omitted | Column 3 Matter to be substituted |
1. | subsection 5 (1) (definition of “child”) | Part VIII | Part XVI |
2. | subsection 5 (2)........................................ | Part VII | Part XIII |
3. | subsection 35 (1) (definition of subsection 5 (2) | subsection 6 (1) | subsection 3 (1) |
4. | Subsection 35 (1) (subparagraph (m) (i) of the definition of “income”)............................................. | Part VII | Part XIII |
5. | paragraph 37 (1) (a)................................ | Part III Part IVaaa Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV Part VI Part XIV Part XVI |
6. | subsection 37 (1a)................................... | Part VI | Part X |
7. | paragraph 42 (1) (b)................................ | Part III IV Part IVaaa VII Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV V Part VI XIII Part XIV Part XVI |
8. | paragraph 47 (1b) (b).............................. | Part VIIa Part VIII | Part XIV Part XVI |
9. | subparagraph 47 (1) (a) (ii).................... | Part III Part VII Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV Part XIII Part XIV Part XVI |
10. | subsection 47 (4)..................................... | Part III Part IVaaa Part VIIa Part VIII Part VIII Part III | Part IV Part VI Part XVI Part IV Part XVI Part IV |
11. | subsection 49 (4)..................................... | subsection 28 (1aaa) | subsection 33 (2) |
12. | subsection 50 (9)..................................... | paragraph 6aa (8) (b) subsection 6aa (8) | paragraph 4 (8) (b) subsection 4 (8) |
13. | subsection 51 (1) (definition of “relevant interest rate”).................................................................... | subsection 6ab (1) | subsection 5 (1) |
14. | subparagraph 52 (10) (b) (i).................. | Part III IV Part IVaaa Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV V Part VI Part XIV Part XVI |
Item No. | Column 1 Provision of the | Column 2 Matter to be omitted | Column 3 Matter to be substituted |
15. | subparagraph 52 (10) (b) (iii).............. | section 83ca | section 69 |
16. | subparagraph 52 (11) (b) (i)................ | Part III Part IV Part IVaaa Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV Part V Part VI Part XIV Part XVI |
17. | subparagraph 52 (11) (b) (iii).............. | section 83ca | section 69 |
18. | subsection 52 (13)................................. | Part III IV Part IVaaa Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV V Part VI Part XIV Part XVI |
19. | paragraph 55 (1) (b).............................. | section 26 133ja | section 31 142 |
20. | paragraph 55 (3) (b).............................. | Part III IV Part IVaaa VII Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV V Part VI XIII Part XIV Part XVI |
21. | paragraph 55 (6) (a).............................. | Part III or IV Part IVaaa VII Part VIIa Part VIII | Part IV or V Part VI XIII Part XIV Part XVI |
22. | paragraph 55 (9) (c).............................. | Part VI | Part X |
23. | subparagraph 57 (5) (a) (ii).................. | Part IIa | Part III |
24. | paragraph 63 (4) (a).............................. | Part III IV Part IVaaa | Part IV V Part VI |
25. | subsection 65 (1) (definition of “pension”) | Part III Part IVaaa Part VIIa Part VIII section 133ja Part IIa | Part IV Part VI Part XIV Part XVI section 142 Part III |
26. | subsection 65 (1) (definition of “pensioner”) | Part III subsection 83aaa(1) Part IVaaa section 133n subsection 135b (2) subsection 135tj(1a) | Part IV subsection 53 (1) Part VI section 143 subsection 149 (2) subsection 167 (2) |
Item No. | Column 1 Provision
of the | Column 2 Matter to be omitted | Column 3 Matter to be substituted |
27. | subsection 65 (5)............................... | Part IV | Part V |
Part IVaaa | Part VI | ||
28. | subsection 82 (1)............................... | section 6ad | section 7 |
29. | subsection 82 (2)............................... | section 6ad | section 7 |
30. | subparagraph 101 (4) (b) (ii)........... | Part IVa | Part VIII |
AMENDMENT OF THE SEAMEN’S WAR PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES ACT 1940 TO SUBSTITUTE REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 AS RE-NUMBERED AND RE-LETTERED
Omit “Part III or IV, a benefit under Part IVaaa or VII or a rehabilitation allowance under Part VIII”, substitute “Part IV or V, a benefit under Part VI or XIII or a rehabilitation allowance under Part XVI”.
AMENDMENTS OF THE VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1986 TO SUBSTITUTE REFERENCES TO PROVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITYACT 1947 AS RE-NUMBERED AND RE-LETTERED
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Item No. | Provision
of the | Matter to be omitted | Matter to be substituted |
1. | subsection 10 (1)............................. | Part III IV | Part IV V |
2. | paragraph 10 (3) (b)........................ | Part III IV | Part IV V |
3. | paragraph 10 (4) (a)........................ | Part III IV | Part IV V |
4. | subsection 10 (6)............................. | Part III IV | Part IV V |
5. | paragraph 23 (1) (a)........................ | Part IVaaa | Part VI |
6. | paragraph 23 (1) (b)........................ | Subsection 135b (2) | Subsection 149 (2) |
7. | subsection 23 (1)............................. | IVaaa or | VI or |
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Item No. | Provision
of the | Matter to be omitted | Matter to be substituted |
8. | paragraph 23 (3) (a).................. | Part IVaaa | Part VI |
9. | paragraph 23 (3) (b).................. | subsection 135b (2) | subsection 149 (2) |
10. | subsection 23 (3)...................... | IVaaa or | VI or |
11. | subsection 30 (1)...................... | subsection 6ab (2) | subsection 5 (2) |
12. | subsection 30 (2)...................... | subsection 6ab (2) Section 6ab | subsection 5 (2) Section 5 |
13. | subsection 30 (3)...................... | Section 6ab | Section 5 |
14. | subsection 31 (2)...................... | Section 6ac | Section 6 |
amendments of the defence (re-establishment) act 1965 to substitute provisions of the social security act 1947 as re-numbered and re-lettered
Omit “Part III, IV, IVaaa, VII or VIIaa”, substitute “Part IV, V, VI, XIII or XIV”.
Omit “Part III”, substitute “Part IV”.
Omit “Part III, IV, IVaaa, VII or VIa”, substitute “Part IV. V, VI, XIII or XIV”.
1. No. 26, 1947, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 38 and 69, 1948; No. 16, 1949; Nos. 6 and 26, 1950; No. 22, 1951; Nos. 41 and 107, 1952; No. 51, 1953; No. 30, 1954; Nos. 15 and 38, 1955; Nos. 67 and 98, 1956; No. 46, 1957; No. 44, 1958; No. 57, 1959; No. 45, 1961; Nos. 1 and 95, 1962; No. 46, 1963; Nos. 3 and 63, 1964; Nos. 57 and 152, 1965; No. 41, 1966; Nos. 10 and 61, 1967; No. 65, 1968; No. 94, 1969; Nos. 2 and 59, 1970; Nos. 16 and 67, 1971; Nos. 1, 14, 53 and 79, 1972; Nos. 1, 26, 48, 103 and 216, 1973; Nos. 2, 23 and 91, 1974; Nos. 34, 56, 101 and 110, 1975; Nos. 26, 62 and 111, 1976; No. 159, 1977; No. 128, 1978; No. 121, 1979 (as amended by Nos. 37 and 98, 1982); No. 130, 1980; Nos. 61 and 170, 1981; No. 159, 1981 (as amended by No. 98, 1982); Nos. 37. 38 and 148, 1982; Nos. 4 and 36, 1983; No. 69, 1983 (as amended by No. 78, 1984); Nos. 46, 78, 93, 120, 134 and 165, 1984; Nos. 24, 52, 95, 127 and 169, 1985; Nos. 5, 28, 33, 106, 130 and 152, 1986; and Nos. 77 and 88, 1987.
2. No. 27, 1986, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 106 and 130, 1986; Nos. 78 and 88, 1987.
3. No. 60, 1940, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 77, 1946; No. 80, 1950; Nos. 17 and 75, 1952; No. 70, 1953; No. 32, 1954; No. 40, 1955; No. 45, 1957; No. 48, 1958; No. 59, 1959; No. 46, 1960; No. 47, 1961; Nos. 64 and 113, 1964; No. 65, 1965; No. 43, 1966; No. 102, 1967; No. 67, 1968; No. 96, 1969; No. 61, 1970; Nos. 18 and 69, 1971; Nos. 16 and 83, 1972; Nos. 6 and 106, 1973; Nos. 4, 25 and 90, 1974; Nos. 35 and 111, 1975; Nos. 27, 91 and 112, 1976; No. 56, 1977; No. 129, 1978; Nos. 18 and 124, 1979; No. 129, 1980; No. 160, 1981; Nos. 80 and 100, 1982; No. 70, 1983; Nos. 90 and 97, 1984; Nos. 90, 95 and 127, 1985; Nos. 28, 29 and 106, 1986; and Nos. 78 and 88, 1987.
4. No. 28, 1986, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 29, 106 and 130, 1986; and No. 78, 1987.
5. No. 54, 1965, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 93, 1966; No. 89, 1967; No. 10, 1968; Nos. 101 and 216, 1973; No. 96, 1975; No. 155, 1979; No. 70, 1980; No. 61, 1981; Nos. 98 and 153, 1982; Nos. 76 and 165, 1984; and Nos. 54, 65, 130 and 168, 1986.
6. No. 155, 1973, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 37, 1976; No. 26, 1982; Nos. 63, 72 and 120, 1984; No. 137, 1985; and No. 114, 1986.
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