Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 88 of 1992 - SECT 31

31. After section 17B of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
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"17C.(1) If:

   (a)  a requirement is made of an applicant or applicants under paragraph
        17B(1)(a); and

   (b)  the requirement is complied with, but not within the 60 days referred
        to in paragraph 17B(1)(b); section 17B ceases to apply in relation to
        the payment of any instalments of assistance to the applicant or
        applicants during or after the month in which the requirement was
        complied with.

"(2) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the application of section 17B in
relation to payments of assistance to the applicant or applicants prior to the
month in which the requirement was complied with.".