Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHRISTMAS ISLAND ADMINISTRATION (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1984 No. 120 of 1984 - SECT 31

31. Where, as a result of the amendments made to the Principal Act by this
Part-

   (a)  a person becomes qualified or eligible to receive a pension, benefit
        or allowance under the Social Security Act 1947 before 1 January 1985;
        and

   (b)  the person makes a claim for a pension, benefit or allowance after the
        person became qualified or eligible to receive that pension, benefit
        or allowance but before 1 January 1985, the Director-General of Social
        Security may determine that the claim shall be taken, for the purposes
        of that Act, to have been lodged on the day on which the person became
        so qualified or eligible.