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SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 12

12. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "periodic payments
period" and substituting the following definition:

"'periodic payments period' means:

   (a)  in relation to a series of periodic payments - the period in respect
        of which the payments are, or are to be, made; and

   (b)  in relation to a payment of arrears of a series of periodic payments -
        the period in respect of which those periodic payments would have been
        made if they had not been made by way of an arrears payment; Note:
        arrears of periodic compensation payments are normally treated as
        reducing, on a dollar for dollar basis, a payment under this Act that
        is covered by Part 3.14 because these compensation payments are not
        lump sum compensation payments: see subsection 17(4A) and sections
        1168 and 1170.";

   (b)  by adding at the end of subsection (4A) the following Note:

"Note: for the treatment of a payment of arrears of periodic compensation
payments where, at the time of the event that gave rise to the compensation
payments, the person was receiving a payment under this Act that is covered by
Part 3.14, see points 1064-E3, 1066-E3, 1066A-F2A and 1068-G8A.".