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substituting "8".

Increases in pensions
65. Section 148 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "6 State" (wherever occurring) and substituting "8";
     (b) by omitting from sub-section (1) "1975" and substituting "1985";
     (c) by omitting from sub-section (3) "6 State" (wherever occurring) and substituting "8"; and
     (d) by omitting from sub-section (3) "1975" and substituting "1985".

Review of decisions
66. Section 154 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (5) "either personally or by post".

General provisions applicable to elections under Act
67. (1) Section 157 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (3) (a) "or 137" and substituting ", 128, 137 or 139a".
(2) Section 157 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (3) (a) ", 76a" after "72".

Cost of administration of, and of medical examinations under, Act, &c.
68. (1) Section 160 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1) "and of the superseded Act" after "this Act".
(2) Section 160 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following sub-sections:
"(4) The Minister may prepare an estimate of the costs to which sub-section (1) applies for a period commencing on or after the commencement of this sub-section.
"(5) An authority or body that is or has been an approved authority shall, if the Minister, by notice in writing, so directs, pay to the Commonwealth, in respect of a period that is specified in the notice, being a period that is included in, or that comprises the whole of, a period for which an estimate of costs has been prepared, an amount equal to so much of the amount of that estimate as is determined by the Minister having regard to such matters (if any) as are prescribed, and the authority or body may apply for that purpose any moneys under its control.".
(3) Regulations made by virtue of sub-section 14a (3) of the Superannuation Act 1976, being regulations modifying section 160 of the Superannuation Act 1976, have, and shall be deemed, on and after 15 March 1981, to have had, the same effect as if—
     (a) the sub-sections numbered (4) and (5) added by those regulations at the end of that section of that Act had been numbered (3a) and (3b) respectively; and
     (b) the reference in that sub-section (5) to sub-section (4) were a reference to sub-section (3a),
but nothing in this sub-section precludes the repeal or amendment of those regulations by regulations made under the Superannuation Act 1976.

69. After section 163 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Power to require persons to give information and produce documents
"163a. (1)