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by the Director-General for the purposes of this definition;
'husband' includes a male de facto spouse;";

(c) by omitting paragraph (b) of the definition of "income" in sub-section (1)               and substituting the following paragraph:
"(b) a payment under this Act;";
(d) by omitting "(other than this Act)" from paragraph (c) of the definition of               "income" in sub-section (1);
(e) by omitting from paragraph (i) of the definition of "income" all the words               after "Forces";
(f) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "married person" and  substituting the following definition:
"'married person' includes a de facto spouse but does not include a person                             (other than a de facto spouse) who is—
(a) a widow;
(b) a widower; or
(c) a person whose marriage has been dissolved but who has not                              remarried,
and 'spouse' has a corresponding meaning;";
(g) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of "rent" and "Government               rent";
(h) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following definition:
"'wife' includes a female de facto spouse."; and
(j) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:
"(2a) Where a person—
(a) is qualified to receive a benefit under this Part; and
     (b) is entitled to be paid a lump sum of money by the former employer of the person in consequence of the termination of the person's employment,
the person shall be deemed to have received the total amount of that lump sum on the date on which that person's employment with the employer was terminated.".
(2) Section 106 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting ", (4a)" from the definition of "dependant" in sub-section (1).

Rate of unemployment and sickness benefits
36. (1) Section 112 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (6) (b) (i) "an age or invalid pension" and substituting "a pension".
(2) Section 112 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) "a person" and substituting "an  unmarried person";
(b) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:
    "(2) Subject to sections 113 and 114, where a married person who is qualified to receive an unemployment benefit or a sickness benefit has a spouse who is resident in Australia and is, in the opinion of the

    Director-General, dependent (whether substantially or less than substantially) on the married person, not being a spouse who is in receipt of a prescribed pension, the rate of the benefit applicable to the married person under sub-section (1) shall, by virtue of this sub-section, be increased by an amount per week equal to the amount per week specified in paragraph (1) (d) or, if the spouse is, in the opinion of the Director-General, less than substantially dependent on