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calendar year following the day on which the person became a married person.".
Commencement: 1 October 1987

Date from which family allowance payable
32. Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:
"(3) A family allowance granted to an institution in respect of a child is payable:
    (a) from the day on which the claim for the family allowance was lodged; or
    (b) if the institution was qualified to receive a family allowance in respect of the child before that day—from the day on which the institution became qualified to receive the family allowance in respect of the child or, if the institution became so qualified more than 4 weeks before the claim was lodged, from the day occurring 4 weeks before the day on which the claim was lodged.".
Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

Family allowances to cease in certain circumstances
33. Section 89 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (6) "Where" and substituting "Subject to subsection 85 (7), where".
Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

Interpretation
34. Section 94 of the Principal Act is amended:
    (a) by inserting after the definition of "double orphan" in subsection (1) the following definitions:
       " 'mental hospital' includes a nursing home;
        'mental hospital patient' includes a nursing home patient;"; and
    (b) by omitting from subsection (4) ", whether in that hospital or in a similar hospital,".
Commencement: 15 January 1988

Qualification for double orphan's pension
35. Section 95 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) "or 85" after "section 81".
Commencement: 1 October 1987

36. Part XII of the Principal Act is repealed and the following Part is substituted:

"PART XII—CHILD DISABILITY ALLOWANCE

Interpretation
"101. In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
    'allowance' means a child disability allowance under section 102;
    'disabled child' means a child who:
         (a) has a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability;
         (b) because of that disability, needs care and attention provided by another person on a daily basis that is substantially more than the care and attention needed by a child of the same age who does not have such a disability; and
         (c) is likely to need that care and attention permanently or for an extended period;
    'family allowance period' has the same meaning as in section 87.

Qualification for allowance
"102. Where:
    (a) a family allowance under Part X is payable or would, apart from sections 81 and 85, subsection 82 (6) and paragraph 89 (1) (b), be payable to a person in respect of a child;
    (b) the child is a disabled child; and
    (c) the person provides, in a private home that is the residence of