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previous Commission or to Comcare for the purposes of the performance of their functions under this Act during that period.

"(4) In this section:

'premium' includes a contribution paid by a Department or Commonwealth authority under section 98 of the Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, or of that Act as amended, as that section applied in respect of financial years that ended before 1 July 1991.

Appropriation

"90D. The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes of sections 90B and 90C.".

Money of Comcare

19.  Section 91 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by inserting "otherwise than under section 90D" in subsection (1) after "Parliament";

    (b) by inserting in subsection (2) "section 90B or 90C or" before "subsection";

    (c) by omitting paragraph (4)(a) and substituting the following paragraph:

       "(a) on fixed deposit with the Reserve Bank of Australia or with another bank approved by the Treasurer for the purposes of this paragraph; or".

20.  Section 96 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Estimates of premiums

"96. The Commission must prepare an estimate, in such form as the Minister directs, of the amount (if any) of premium of each Department or Commonwealth authority for the financial year starting on 1 July 1992 and for each later financial year.".

Amount of premium

21.  Section 96A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definitions of "Estimated liability" and "Estimated administrative costs" and substituting the following definitions:

" 'Estimated liability' means the estimated amount of Comcare's liability under this Act in respect of the number of injuries that the Commission estimates will be sustained:

    (a) in the case of a Department, or in the case of an authority that, at the commencement of that financial year, does not hold a licence in force under Part VIIIA—by employees of the Department or authority during that financial year; and

    (b) in the case of an authority that, at the commencement of that financial year, holds such a licence—by employees of the authority during that financial year in respect of whom Comcare is liable to pay the whole or a part of the compensation payable in respect of those injuries;

being an amount estimated by the Commission using such methods and having regard to such matters (if any) as the Minister directs;

'Estimated administrative costs' means the estimated administrative costs of Comcare during that financial year that are reasonably attributable to the Department or authority, having regard to:

    (a) in the case of a Department, or in the case of an authority that, at the commencement of that financial year, does not hold a licence in force under Part VIIIA—the estimated number of claims made