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to the pensioner during his or her advance payment period.".

Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of section 18 of the Social Welfare Legislation (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Act 1990

Advances and eligibility for entitlement card

  78. Section 118m of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting all words from and including "by the excess" and substituting the following:

     "in accordance with the following formula:

     where:

         'APS' means the amount of the advance pharmaceutical supplement the person is qualified to receive;

     'E' means the amount of the excess;

     'X' means:

       (a) except where paragraph (b) applies—5; or

         (b) in the case of a person (other than a special wife service pensioner) to whom paragraph 47 (1) (b) applies—2.5.";

   (b) by adding at the end the following subsection:

     "(2) If a person's advance pharmaceutical supplement is reduced under subsection (1), no further advance pharmaceutical supplement is payable to the person.".

Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of section 18 of the Social Welfare Legislation (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Act 1990

Maximum benefit

  79. Section 118n of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting paragraph (1) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

      "(b) pharmaceutical allowances;";

     (b) by omitting from paragraphs (1) (d) and (2) (e) "married pensioner" and substituting "pensioner (other than a special wife service pensioner)";

     (c) by omitting paragraph (2) (c) and substituting the following paragraph:

      "(c) pharmaceutical allowances;".

Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of section 18 of the Social Welfare Legislation (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Act 1990

Instalments of pension

80. Section 121 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of the definition of "pension" in subsection (5) "under section 103, temporary incapacity allowance under section 107 or loss of earnings allowance under section 108".

Commencement: Immediately after the commencement of section 120 of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989

Power to obtain information

81. Section 127 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraphs (1) (e) and (f) "in the manner and" before "within".

  Commencement: Day of Royal Assent

Provision of tax file numbers

  82. Section 128a of the Principal Act is amended:

  (a) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

     " 'employment declaration' has the same meaning as in Part Va of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;";

  (b) by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsection:

       "(5) The Secretary may waive the requirement for a

     statement of the qualified person's spouse's tax file number if satisfied that the person:

       (a) does not know that number; and

       (b) can obtain none of the following from the spouse:

             (i) that number;

             (ii) a statement of that number;

             (iii) a declaration by the spouse under paragraph (4) (a).".

Commencement: