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 (5) If:
 (a) a person who is a registered member of the pension bonus scheme lodges a claim for age pension; and
 (b) a claim for pension bonus for the person is lodged after the claim for age pension; and
 (c) the Secretary is satisfied that, having regard to guidelines (if any) made under subsection (6), special circumstances apply in relation to the lodgment of the claim for pension bonus;
the Secretary may determine that the claim for the pension bonus is taken to have been made at the time the person claimed age pension.

 (6) The Secretary may, by legislative instrument, make guidelines for the purposes of subsection (5).