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the same child, the Secretary shall:
    (a) decide that the allowance is payable to one of those persons; or
    (b) decide that the allowance is to be shared between those persons in a manner decided by the Secretary.
"(3) Where the Secretary makes a decision under subsection (2), the Secretary shall inform the persons to whom the decision relates in writing of the details of the decision.".
Commencement: 17 December 1987

Qualification for family allowance
29. Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
"(2) This section applies to a person if the person is:
    (a) an Australian resident; or
    (b) a dependent child of an Australian resident who is living with the Australian resident.".
Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of section 29 of the Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Act 1987

Family allowance not payable in respect of certain student children
30. (1) Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) "handicapped child's allowance" and substituting "child disability allowance".
Commencement: 15 November 1987

(2) Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) "family income supplement" (wherever occurring) and substituting "family allowance supplement".
Commencement: 17 December 1987

Income test for family allowances
31. Section 85 of the Principal Act is amended:
    (a) by omitting paragraph (b) of the definition of "income threshold" in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:
         "(b) if a family allowance would, apart from this subsection, be payable to the person at that time in respect of more than one child—$2,500 multiplied by one less than the number of those children;";
    (b) by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:
    "(4) Where the amount calculated under subsection (3) is not a multiple of 5 cents, that amount shall be reduced to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.";
    (c) by omitting from subsection (5) "who is under the age of 16 years";
    (d) by omitting from subsection (7) "the first family allowance period after" and substituting "the family allowance period in which";
    (e) by omitting from subsection (8) "14 December 1989" and substituting "14 January 1989"; and
    (f) by omitting subsection (9) and substituting the following subsection:
    "(9) Where:
       (a) a family allowance is payable to an unmarried person in respect of a child; and
       (b) the person becomes a married person;

       subsection (2) does not apply to the person until the commencement of the calendar year following the day on which the person became a married person.".
Commencement: 1 October 1987

Date from which family allowance payable
32. Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following