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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.".

Remote area allowance
71. Section 98aa of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following sub-section:
    "(4) For the purposes of this section, where a person whose usual place of residence is situated in the remote area is absent from the remote area for a period, the person shall be taken to be physically present in the remote area during the period or during the first 8 weeks of that period, whichever is the shorter.";
(b) by inserting after sub-section (6) the following sub-section:
"(6a) For the purposes of sub-section (6), a person—
(a) in relation to whom a determination under sub-section 84 (2) or 85  (1aa) is in force; or
(b) who is the spouse of a person referred to in paragraph (a), shall be taken               not to be a married person.";
(c) by inserting after sub-section (7) the following sub-section:
    "(7a) Where, but for this sub-section, an increase under sub-section (7) would be payable to 2 persons