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an instrument in force under subsection 202 (1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 immediately before the commencement of this subsection continues in force, subject to subsection 202 (4) of that Act, on and after that commencement.
Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

(13) Subsection 6 (2) of the Seamen's War Pensions and Allowances Act 1940 does not operate to prevent a pension being payable, or to reduce the rate of a pension that is payable, to an Australian mariner who was receiving a pension on the day on which this Act received the Royal Assent.
Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

(14) Subsection 129 (3) of the Social Security Act 1947 does not apply to a person who was receiving a special benefit immediately before 1 October 1987.
Commencement: 1 October 1987

(15) Section 109 of the Social Security Act 1947 is repealed on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

(16) The sections inserted in the Social Security Act 1947 by section 15 of the Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Act 1987 shall be deemed to be sections 85 and 85a.
Commencement: 1 October 1987

Repeals
5.(1) The following provisions of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1986 are repealed:
Subsection 12 (3)
Paragraphs 36 (5) (b) and (c)
Section 56
Subsection 72 (3).
Commencement: Royal Assent

(2) Subsection 3 (3) of the Social Security Amendment Act 1987 is repealed.
Commencement: 5 June 1987

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947

Principal Act
6. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Social Security Act 19471.
Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

Interpretation
7. (1) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended:
    (a) by omitting from subsection (8) "Where" and substituting "Subject to subsection (8a), where";
    (b) by inserting after subsection (8) the following subsection:
    "(8a) Subsection (8) does not apply to a person if the person and the person's former spouse are each receiving:
       (a) an age pension, an invalid pension, a carer's pension or a sheltered employment allowance;
       (b) a rehabilitation allowance in place of such a pension or allowance; or
       (c) a service pension under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.".
Commencement: 1 July 1987

(2) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended:
    (a) by omitting subparagraph (b) (ii) of the definition of "Australian resident" in subsection (1) and substituting the following subparagraph:
       "(ii) a return endorsement, or a resident return visa, in force under the Migration Act 1958; or"; and
    (b) by omitting paragraph (10) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

       "(b) the child is living with the person while the person is an Australian resident.".
Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of section 29 of the Social