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1947
3. The Social Security Act 19471 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
4. Sections 3 and 4 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following section is substituted:

Saving of certain approvals
"4. For the purposes of this Act—
(a) every charitable institution or organization that, immediately prior to the  commencement of this Act, was a charitable institution or organization               approved by the Minister under the Child Endowment Act 1941 shall be               deemed to have been approved by the Director-General under Part VI; and
(b) every friendly society that, immediately prior to the commencement of this               Act, was a friendly society approved by the Director-General under the               Unemployment and Sickness Benefits Act 1944 shall be deemed to have               been approved by the Director-General under Part VII.".

Interpretation
5. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by inserting before the definition of "Australia" in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
"'absent resident' means a person outside Australia who is—
      (a) a person whose domicile is in Australia, not being a person whom the Director-General is satisfied is a person whose permanent place of abode is outside Australia; or
(b) a person who is—
(i) an eligible employee for the purposes of the Superannuation Act                             1976; or
(ii) the spouse of such an employee;

'adopted child' means a child adopted under the law of any place, whether                             in Australia or not, relating to the adoption of children;";
(b) by inserting after the definition of "Australia" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
    "'benevolent home' means a home conducted for benevolent purposes which is wholly or partly maintained by contributions from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Commonwealth or from the consolidated revenue of a State or of the Northern Territory and is approved by the Director-General for the purposes of this definition;";
(c) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "friendly society";
(d) by inserting before the definition of "medical practitioner" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
"'Government rent' means—
(a) rent payable to any of the following authorities:
(i) The Housing Commission of New South Wales;
(ii) the Director, within the meaning of the Housing Act 1983 of the                             State of Victoria;
(iii) The Queensland Housing Commission;
(iv) The Corporation of the Director of Aboriginal and Islanders                              Advancement established by a law of Queensland;
(v) the South Australian Housing Trust;
(vi) The State Housing Commission estabished by a law of Western                             Australia;
(vii) the Director-General of Housing and Construction holding                              office under a law of Tasmania;
(viii) the Northern Territory Housing Commission;
      (b) rent payable to the Commonwealth in respect of any accommodation in Glebe in New South Wales; or
      (c) rent payable to