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the definition of "approved authority" in subsection (1);

     (c)     by adding "other than such an authority or body in relation to which a declaration under subsection (2A) is in force" at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of "approved authority" in subsection (1);

  (d)     by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

     "(2A) If an authority or body referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of 'approved authority' in subsection (1) becomes a body:

        (a)     not operating for a public purpose under an Act, regulations made under an Act or a law of a Territory; and

        (b)     in which none of the following has a controlling interest, namely:

           (i) the Commonwealth;

             (ii) an authority or other body mentioned in paragraph (a) of that definition;

             (iii) the Commonwealth together with one or more such authorities or bodies;

             (iv) such an authority or body together with one or more other such authorities or bodies;

     the Minister, for the purposes of paragraph (b), may declare that the body is not an approved authority for the purposes of this Act.".

Definition of "approved authority"— declarations

  7. Section 4A of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

     "(1) Subject to subsection (2), a declaration for the purposes of paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of 'approved authority' in subsection 3(1) is a disallowable instrument.";

    (b) by omitting from subsection (3) "referred to in subsection (1)" and substituting "for the purposes of paragraph (a) of that definition".

8. After section 6 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Persons engaged in more than one employment

  "6A.(1) Subject to subsection (3), if:

   (a) a person is engaged in more than one employment; and

   (b) either:

         (i) in relation to more than one of those employments the person is an eligible employee; or

          (ii) in relation to any such employment, the person would, if that were the person's only employment, be an eligible employee or entitled to request that a direction be given under section 11, 13 or 14;

this Act has a separate operation in respect of the person in relation to any employment in relation to which the person is an eligible employee, or any employment mentioned in subparagraph (b)(ii), as if that were the person's only employment.

"(2) A separate operation of this Act given by subsection (1) in respect of a person in relation to any employment, being a person who is, or becomes, an eligible employee in relation to that employment, continues after the person ceases to be an eligible employee.

  "(3) A person who:

    (a) is an eligible employee and on leave of absence without pay from particular