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PAYMENT PROCESSING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS) ACT 1998 NO. 132, 1998 - SCHEDULE 6--Transitional

1 Determination of transitional instalment periods and payment times

(1) The Secretary may, before 1 July 1999, determine, in relation to social security payments:

(a) instalment periods that commence before 1 July 1999 and end before, on or after 1 July 1999; and

(b) times on or after 1 July 1999 as times at which instalments of those social security payments are to be paid;

(2) An instalment period determined under subitem (1) must not commence earlier than 18 June 1999.

2 Payments relating to instalment periods beginning before 1 July 1999

(1) In this item:

last old payday , in relation to a person, means:

(a) in the case of a person receiving a payday-based payment, the last day on which an instalment of the payment is paid to the person before the beginning of an instalment period determined under subitem 1(1) in relation to that payment; or

(b) in the case of a person receiving a period-based payment, the payday for the last period relating to that payment that ends before 1 July 1999.

(a) any entitlement of a person to be paid instalments of the social security payment after the last old payday is to be determined as if Schedule 1 had commenced on the first day of the period; and

(b) the amount of the instalment of the social security payment to be paid to a person in relation to the period is to be calculated as if Schedule 1 had commenced on the first day of the period.

(1) In this item:

first new instalment period , in relation to a person, means the first instalment period after the end of a transitional instalment period that ends on or after 30 June 1999 and relates to a social security payment being received by the person.

transitional instalment period means an instalment period determined under subitem 1(1) in relation to a social security payment that is being received by a person.

(2) The amendments of the Social Security Act 1991 made by Schedule 3 do not apply in relation to a person until the beginning of the person's first new instalment period.

(3) Until the beginning of a person's first new instalment period, the Social Security Act 1991 continues to apply to the person as if Schedule 3 had not been enacted.

4 Transitional regulations

(1) Regulations made under section 1364 of the Social Security Act 1991 may prescribe matters in relation to any transitional matters (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) arising out of amendments made by Schedule 1, 2 or 3.

(2) Without limiting subitem (1), and in spite of any other provision in this or any other Act, regulations made by virtue of subitem (1) may:

(a) modify the effect of a provision of this Schedule (other than this item); or

(b) substitute another provision for any provision of this Schedule (other than this item).