Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1994 No. 109, 1994 - SECT 23

23. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "inhabitant of
Australia" and substituting the following definition:

"'inhabitant of Australia' means:

   (a)  an Australian resident; or

   (b)  the holder of a temporary visa declared in writing by the Minister to
        be an approved visa for the purposes of this definition; Note 1: For
        'holder' and 'temporary visa', see subsection 7(1). Note 2: When
        making a declaration about a visa, the Minister must act in accordance
        with subsection (12).";

   (b)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

"'disallowable instrument' means a disallowable instrument for the purposes of
section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;";

   (c)  by adding at the end the following subsection:



"(13) When declaring a temporary visa to be an approved visa for the purposes
of the definition of 'inhabitant of Australia' in subsection (1), the Minister
may only identify the visa by reference to a class of visas prescribed by
regulations made under the Migration Act 1958. The declaration is a
disallowable instrument.".