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compensation affected pension under the Veterans' Entitlements Act is an invalidity service pension, a partner service pension or a carer service pension.".

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                          SCHEDULE 16 Section 3

AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 RELATING TO CHANGE OF BENEFIT DURING WAITING PERIOD

1. Section 537:

(a) Omit "A", substitute "Subject to subsection (2), a".

(b) Add at the end:

"(2) If:

        (a) after the commencement of this subsection, a person becomes temporarily incapacitated for work and claims sickness allowance; and

        (b) because of sections 690 to 692 (unused annual leave waiting period), sickness allowance is not payable to the person for a period starting on the person's provisional commencement day; and

        (c) during that period the person ceases to be incapacitated for work and claims job search allowance;

    the person's unused annual leave waiting period is taken to have started on the person's sickness allowance provisional commencement day or the day after the day on which the person's employment ended, whichever was the earlier.".

2. Section 539:

Add at the end:

"(5) If:

    (a) after the commencement of this subsection, a person becomes unemployed and claims youth training allowance; and

    (b) because of sections 96 and 97 of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973 (ordinary waiting period), youth training allowance is not payable to the person for a period starting on the day (the applicable day) applicable to the person under subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii), as the case may be:

       (i) if the person is not subject to a youth training allowance unused annual leave waiting period and is not disqualified for youth training allowance under section 72 of that Act (liquid assets test)—the person's youth training allowance provisional commencement day; or

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       (ii) if the person is subject to a youth training allowance unused annual leave waiting period and is not disqualified for youth training allowance under section 72 of that Act (liquid assets test)—the day after the day on which the person's youth training allowance unused annual leave waiting period ends; or

       (iii) if the person is disqualified for youth training allowance under section 72 of that Act (liquid assets test)—the day after the day on which the person's youth training allowance liquid assets waiting period ends; and

(c) during that period the person claims job search allowance;

then, despite subsections (1), (2) and (3), the person's ordinary waiting period is a period of 7 days starting on the applicable day.

"(6) If:

    (a) after the commencement of this subsection, a person becomes temporarily incapacitated for work and claims sickness allowance; and

    (b) because of sections 693 and 694 (ordinary waiting period), sickness allowance is not payable to the person for a period starting on