Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1994 No. 109, 1994 - SECT 27

27. Section 729 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (2)(f) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(f) the person is:

        (i)    an Australian resident; or

        (ii)   the holder of a visa declared in writing by the Minister to be
               an approved visa for the purpose of this paragraph;";

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (2)(g);

   (c)  by omitting Note 2 from subsection (2) and substituting the following
        Notes:

"Note 2: For 'holder' and 'visa' see subsection 7(1). Note 3: When making a
declaration about a visa (see paragraph (f)) the Minister must act in
accordance with subsection (7).";

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



"(7) When declaring a visa to be an approved visa for the purposes of
paragraph (2)(f), 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.".