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SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 3

3.(1) The first adjustment of the additional family payment child maximum
basic rates under section 1199 of the Principal Act using the amendments made
by this Act takes place on 1 January 1994.

(2) The amendments made by sections 11 to 26 apply to payments of arrears of
periodic compensation payments:

   (a)  that are made on or after 1 January 1993; and

   (b)  that relate to periodic payments periods that commence on or after 1
        January 1993.

(3) The amendments made by paragraphs 34(b) and (c) and paragraphs 36(b) and
(c) apply to notices sent on or after the day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.

(4) The amendment made by paragraph 148(b) applies to a cancellation or
cessation that occurs on or after the day on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent.

(5) The indexation of pharmaceutical allowance rates that occurs on 1 January
1993 (see items 31 and 32 of the CPI Indexation Table in section 1191 of the
Principal Act) operates on the amounts in the Pharmaceutical Allowance Amount
Tables that are being inserted in the Principal Act by Division 9 of Part 2 of
this Act. Note: this subsection means that section 1206A of the Principal Act
(adjustment of certain other pharmaceutical allowance rates) will operate on
the basis of the rates inserted by Division 9 of Part 2 of this Act as indexed
on 1 January 1993.