Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01176:clause:1_25
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01176
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 25
Character Range: 45895–47296

25  Saving: existing concession cards

(1) Where a pensioner concession card or a health care card has been issued by the Commonwealth before the commencement of this Act and is expressed to expire at a time after that commencement, the card has effect, and the Social Security Act 1991, the Health Insurance Act 1973 and the National Health Act 1953, as amended by this Act, apply in relation to the card, after that commencement as if:
 (a) this Act had been in operation when the card was issued; and
 (b) the card had been issued under the Social Security Act 1991, as amended by this Act.

(2) A seniors health card issued under the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, has the same effect after that commencement as it would have had if:
 (a) this Act had been in operation when the card was issued; and
 (b) the card had been issued under the Social Security Act 1991, as amended by this Act.

(3) For the purposes of subitem (2), anything done under, or for the purposes of, the Social Security Act 1991, as in force before the commencement of this Act, in relation to a seniors health card or the holder of such a card continues to have effect, after that commencement, as if:
 (a) when it was done, this Act had been in force; and
 (b) it had been done under, or for the purposes of, the Social Security Act 1991, as amended by this Act.