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HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 136 of 1992 - SECT 9

9. Section 61 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subsection (2B) the following subsection:

"(2C) A Committee may include in any recommendation it makes under subsection
(2) a recommendation that the Minister's determination giving effect to the
recommendation should have effect, or be taken to have had effect, on and from
a specified day.";

   (b)  by adding at the end of subsection (3) "(including any related
        recommendation under subsection (2C))";

   (c)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:

"(4) A determination under subsection (3) has effect, or is taken to have had
effect:

   (a)  on and from the day specified for the purpose by the Minister in the
        determination; or

   (b)  if no such day is specified - on and from the day on which the
        determination is made.

"(4A) A day specified under paragraph (4)(a) may be a day that occurred before
the day on which the determination is made.".