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is to be taken to be nil.".

Subsection 49c (5):

  Omit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:

"(5) While a disabled person is receiving a rehabilitation allowance under this Part, any social security pension or benefit (within the meaning of the Social Security Act) that would otherwise be payable to the disabled person is to be suspended.".

Disability Services Act 1986

Section 17 (definition of "rehabilitation allowance"):

  Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:

" 'rehabilitation allowance' means a rehabilitation allowance under the Social Security Act 1991;".

Subsection 22 (4) (paragraph (a) of the definition of "pensioner or beneficiary"):

  Omit the paragraph, substitute the following paragraph:

     "(a) is receiving a social security pension or benefit within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991; or".

Subsection 24 (6):

  Omit the subsection, substitute the following subsection:

"(6) The following sections of the Social Security Act 1991 apply in relation to allowances under this section as if an allowance under this section were an age pension under that Act:

  (a)     sections 61 to 64 (method of payment);

  (b)     section 65 (claim for amounts owing at recipient's death);

  (c)     sections 66 and 67 (protection of payment);

  (d)     section 1224 (debt arising from recipients' contravention);

  (e)     sections 1233 to 1237 (recovery, write-off and waiver).".

Subsection 28 (2):

  Omit "1947", substitute "1991".

Subsection 28 (4):

  Omit "1947", substitute "1991".

Handicapped Persons Assistance Act 1974

Section 27 (definition of "normal employment"):

  Omit paragraph (b), substitute the following paragraph:

   "(b) full-time engagement (other than as an employee) of the person

SCHEDULE 3—continued

     in any employment, occupation or business that provides, or will provide, the person with an income at an annual rate not less than an amount per year equal to the aggregate of:

          (i) the maximum basic rate of age pension that would be payable to the person under the Social Security Act 1991 if the person:

             (a) were receiving an age pension under that Act; and

             (b) were  not  a  member of a couple  (within  the meaning of that Act); and

         (ii) the amount that would be the person's ordinary income free area for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1991 if:

             (a) the person were receiving an age pension under that Act; and

             (b) the person were not a member of a couple (within the meaning of that Act);

    Note 1: the maximum basic rate is to be found in Pension Rate Calculator A (point 1064-BI— Table B—item 1 —column 3) in the Social Security Act 1991
    Note 2: the free area is to be found in Pension Rate Calculator A (point 1064-E4—Table E-l — item 1 —column 3) in the Social Security Act 1991.".

Health Insurance Act 1973

Subsection 3 (1) (sub-subparagraph