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1  Enactment of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988
(1) Without limiting the effect of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 apart from this item, that Act, as in force at the time this item commences, is re‑enacted as the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988.
Note: This item creates a second version of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. This second version will be amended by this Schedule, and will continue in force in relation to an injury, disease, death, loss or damage that relates to certain employment that occurred before the MRCA commencement date.
(2) For the purposes of subparagraph 40(1A)(a)(ii) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the secular year in which the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 was passed is taken to be 1988 and its number is taken to be 156.
Note: This means that the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 may be cited as Act No. 156 of 1988.
(3) Subitem (2) has effect despite section 39 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.