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19 and 20 are taken to have commenced on 1 December 1988.

(3)     Subject to subsection (4), paragraphs 28 (b), (c), (d) and (e) and sections 30 and 31 commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(4)     If a provision referred to in subsection (3) does not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, it commences at the end of that period.

PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES' REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988

Principal Act

3. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 19881.

Interpretation

  4. (1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting paragraph (b) of the definition of "injury" in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:

         "(b) an injury (other than a disease) suffered by an employee, being a physical or mental injury arising out of, or in the course of, the employee's employment; or

         (c) an aggravation of a physical or mental injury (other than a disease) suffered by an employee (whether or not that injury arose out of, or in the course of, the employee's employment), being an aggravation that arose out of, or in the course of, that employment;";

    (b) by omitting "or injury" from the definition of "injury" in subsection (1) and substituting ", injury or aggravation".

  (2) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a)     by omitting "or" from paragraph (b) of the definition of "Commonwealth authority" in subsection (1);

     (b)     by inserting "a Territory (other than the Northern Territory)," after "Commonwealth," in subparagraph (c) (ii) of the definition of "Commonwealth authority" in subsection (1);

     (c) by adding at the end of the definition of "Commonwealth authority" in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

     "; or (d) a body corporate:

                (i) in which a body corporate declared under paragraph (c) has a controlling interest; and

                (ii) that is declared by the Minister, by notice in writing, to be a body corporate to which this Act applies;";

     (d) by inserting "osteopath," after "physiotherapist," and "osteopaths," after "physiotherapists," in paragraph (d) of the definition of "medical treatment" in subsection (1);

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

     " 'premium' means an amount approved by the Minister in respect of a Department or Commonwealth authority for a financial year under Division 4a of Part VII;".

(3) Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the definition of "employee" the following:

  ", and also applies to persons 65 years of age or older".

Normal weekly earnings

5.    Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3)