Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND REPATRIATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 78, 1984 - SECT 70

70. Section 98A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in sub-section (3AB) ''or 133JA'' after ''26'';

(b) by omitting sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of ''Government rent''
in sub-section (11) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

''(ii) the Director, within the meaning of the Housing Act 1983 of the State
of Victoria;'';

   (c)  by omitting sub-paragraph (ix) of the definition of ''Government
        rent'' in sub-section (11);

   (d)  by omitting all the words after ''specified by'' from paragraph (c) of
        the definition of ''Government rent'' in sub-section (11) and
        substituting ''the Minister of Social Security by notice in writing in
        the Gazette for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of
        'Government rent' in sub-section 6 (1) of the Social Security Act
        1947'';

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (11) the definition of ''rent'' and
        substituting the following definition:

'' 'rent', in relation to a person eligible to receive a service pension,
means rent, not being Government rent, in respect of premises, or a part of
premises, occupied by the person as the home of the person and includes
amounts payable by the person for-

   (a)  lodging or for board and lodging;

   (b)  the use of the site for-

        (i)    a caravan or other vehicle; or

        (ii)   a structure,

occupied by the person as the home of the person; or

   (c)  the right to moor a vessel that is occupied by the person as the home
        of the person.''; and

   (f)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(12) If a law of a State or of the Northern Territory alters the name of an
authority referred to in the definition of 'Government rent' in sub-section
(11), a reference to that authority in that definition shall be construed as a
reference to the authority under the new name.''.