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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1177

Interpretation

    If:

  (a)   a person is liable to make a compensation payment to another person; or

  (b)   an authority of a State or Territory has determined that it will make a compensation payment to another person, whether or not it is liable to make the payment;

then, for the purposes of this Division, in relation to the person to whom the compensation is payable or is to be paid, the following paragraphs have effect:

  (c)   a reference to the lump sum preclusion period is a reference to the period that would represent the lump sum preclusion period if the compensation were paid in accordance with the liability or determination;

  (d)   a reference to the periodic payments period is a reference to the period that would represent the periodic payments period if the compensation were paid in accordance with the liability or determination.


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