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24  Transitional—person applying for payment in the nature of exceptional circumstances relief before commencing day

(1) This item applies if, on or after 25 September 2007 and before the commencing day, a person applies for a payment on the basis that the following are satisfied:
 (a) qualification criteria that are the same as those in subsection 8A(7) of the Principal Act (as inserted by this Schedule);
 (b) payability criteria that are the same as those in Division 2 of Part 2 of the Principal Act (as amended by this Schedule);
but is not receiving payment on that basis immediately before the commencing day.

(2) On the commencing day, the person is taken to have made a proper claim for exceptional circumstances relief payment for the purposes of Part 3 of the Principal Act.

Part 3—Validation of certain past payments