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the new name.".

Extension of Act to Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and application of Act in relation to external Territories
6. Section 6c of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
"(2) A reference in—
(a) Division 2 (other than section 21a) or Division 3 of Part III;
(b) Division 2 of Part IV; or
(c) Part IVaaa,
to a period of residence in Australia shall be read as including a reference to a period of residence in an area that was, at the time of residence, an external Territory, other than Norfolk Island.

"(3) In paragraph 25 (1) (b), a reference to Australia shall be read as
including a reference to an area that was, at the time a claimant became permanently incapacitated for work or permanently blind, an external Territory, other than Norfolk Island.
"(4) For the purposes of Part III and sub-section 60 (1), continuity of residence of a claimant in Australia shall be deemed not to have been interrupted by absence of the claimant in an external Territory.
"(5) In paragraph 60 (1) (d), a reference to Australia shall be read as including a reference to an area that was, at the time of the occurrence of the event by reason of which the claimant became a widow, an external Territory, other than Norfolk Island.
"(6) A reference in any of the paragraphs of sub-section 83aac (1) to residence in Australia shall be read as including a reference to residence in an area that was, at the time of the residence, an external Territory, other than Norfolk Island.
"(7) In paragraph 83ad (1) (a), a reference to a person who formerly resided in Australia and who has returned to Australia shall be read as including a reference to a person who—
(a) formerly resided in an area that was, at the time of the residence, an                external Territory;
(b) has never resided in Australia; and
(c) has arrived in Australia.".
7. After section 15a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Director-General may deem event to have occurred
"16. Where—
   (a) the Director-General has, in pursuance of section 14 or 15, annulled a determination, direction, decision or approval; or
   (b) the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has, in pursuance of section 43 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, set aside a decision of the Director-General,
the Director-General, if in his opinion it is reasonable to do so, may, for the purposes of this Act, deem an event to have occurred, being an event that, in the opinion of the Director-General, would have occurred but for the determination, direction, decision or approval having been made or given, as