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2010-2011-2012-2013
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Social Security Amendment (Supporting
More Australians into Work) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Education, Employment and Workplace Relations)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social
security, and for related purposes
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2013
Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1--Income free areas
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Social Security Act 1991
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Schedule 2--Pensioner education supplement and pensioner
concession card
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Social Security Act 1991
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Schedule 3--Other amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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Social Security Amendment (Supporting More Australians into Work) Bill 2013 No. , 2013
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A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social
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security, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment
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(Supporting More Australians into Work) Act 2013.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
20 March 2014.
20 March 2014
3. Schedule 2
1 January 2014.
1 January 2014
4. Schedule 3
1 July 2013.
1 July 2013
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Income free areas Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
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Income free areas
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Social Security Act 1991
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1 Point 1068-G12
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Omit "$62", substitute "$100".
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2 Point 1068-G12 (note)
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Repeal the note, substitute:
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Note 1:
The amount specified is indexed in line with CPI increases (see
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sections 1190 to 1194).
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Note 2:
The income free area is used in the ordinary income test in relation to
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fortnightly income.
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3 Points 1068-G15 and 1068-G16
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Omit "$188", substitute "$150".
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4 Point 1068B-D27
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Omit "$62", substitute "$100".
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5 At the end of point 1068B-D27
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Add:
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Note 1:
The amount specified is indexed in line with CPI increases (see
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sections 1190 to 1194).
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Note 2:
The income free area is used in the ordinary income test in relation to
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fortnightly income.
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6 Points 1068B-D30 and 1068B-D31
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Omit "$188", substitute "$150".
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7 Section 1190 (after table item 20AA)
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Insert:
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20AAA.
Ordinary income
free area for some
social security
payments
payment free
area
[Benefit Rate Calculator B--
point 1068-G12]
[Benefit PP (Partnered) Rate
Calculator--point 1068B-D27]
Schedule 1 Income free areas
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8 Subsection 1191(1) (after table item 14AA)
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Insert:
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14AAA.
payment
free area
1 July
March
most recent
March
quarter
before
reference
quarter
$2.00
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Insert:
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(4AB) The first indexation of the amounts to which item 14AAA of the
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CPI Indexation Table in subsection 1191(1) relates is to take place
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on 1 July 2015.
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10 Application provision
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The amendments made by items 1, 3, 4 and 6 apply in relation to
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working out the rates of social security payments for days on or after
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20 March 2014.
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Pensioner education supplement and pensioner concession card Schedule 2
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Schedule 2
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Pensioner education supplement
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and pensioner concession card
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Social Security Act 1991
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1 Subsection 1061PJ(2B)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(2B) Paragraph (2)(db) only applies if subsection (2BA) or (2BB)
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applies.
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(2BA) This subsection applies if the person receiving the payment:
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(a) has a partial capacity to work; and
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(b) on the day (the relevant day) (being a day occurring on or
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after 1 July 2006) immediately before the person first
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qualified for a newstart allowance, was a transitional DSP
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applicant and was:
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(i) receiving a disability support pension; or
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(ii) receiving a youth allowance in respect of which
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subsection (2A) applied; and
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(c) if he or she was receiving a disability support pension--
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ceased to be qualified for it because he or she no longer had a
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continuing inability to work within the meaning of
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section 94; and
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(d) if he or she was receiving a disability support pension--
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ceased to be so qualified as a result of the first decision about
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the person's capacity to work made on or after 1 July 2006;
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and
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(e) was, on the relevant day, qualified for a pensioner education
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supplement in relation to a particular course of education or
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study; and
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(f) at all times since the relevant day, has been qualified both
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for:
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(i) a newstart allowance; and
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(ii) a pensioner education supplement in relation to that
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particular course of education or study.
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Note 1:
For partial capacity to work see section 16B.
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Note 2:
For transitional DSP applicant see subsection 23(1).
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Schedule 2 Pensioner education supplement and pensioner concession card
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(2BB) This subsection applies if the person receiving the payment is the
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principal carer of at least one child and is not a member of a
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couple.
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Note:
For principal carer see subsections 5(15) to (24). See also
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subsection (2C) of this section.
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2 Subsection 1061PJ(2C)
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Omit "subparagraphs (2A)(b)(i) and (2B)(b)(i)", substitute
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"subparagraph (2A)(b)(i) and subsection (2BB)".
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3 After section 1061ZD
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Insert:
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1061ZDA Extended qualification rule: former recipient of pension
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PP (single)
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(1) If:
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(a) a pension PP (single) has been payable to a person; and
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(b) the person ceases to be qualified for that payment because, on
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a day, the person's youngest child turns 8; and
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(c) apart from this subsection, the person would cease to be
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qualified for a pensioner concession card on that day;
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then, subject to subsections (2) and (3), the person is qualified for a
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pensioner concession card for the period of 12 weeks starting on
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that day.
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Other qualification for pensioner concession card
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(2) If, during that 12-week period, the person receives an instalment
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of:
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(a) a youth allowance while subsection 1061ZA(2A) applies to
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the person; or
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(b) a newstart allowance while subsection 1061ZA(2B) applies
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to the person; or
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(c) a benefit PP (partnered) while subsection 1061ZA(2D)
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applies to the person; or
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(d) a social security pension;
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that relates to one or more days within that period, the person is not
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qualified under this section for a pensioner concession card on the
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day or days in relation to which the person receives the instalment.
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Pensioner education supplement and pensioner concession card Schedule 2
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Person must be in Australia
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(3) Subject to subsection (4), this section only applies to a person
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while the person is in Australia and is an Australian resident.
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Note:
If the person is temporarily absent from Australia, the person
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continues to be qualified for a pensioner concession card for a
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maximum period of up to 6 weeks (see Division 4).
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(4) Despite subsection (3), this section applies to a person in relation to
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a day if:
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(a) the person is in Australia on that day; and
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(b) the pension PP (single) that had been payable to the person
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was payable solely because of the operation of the scheduled
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international agreement between Australia and New Zealand.
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Note:
If the person is temporarily absent from Australia, the person
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continues to be qualified for a pensioner concession card for a
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maximum period of up to 6 weeks (see Division 4).
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4 Subsection 1061ZEA(1)
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After "1061ZD,", insert "1061ZDA,".
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5 Subparagraph 1061ZUC(1)(a)(i)
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After "1061ZD,", insert "1061ZDA,".
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6 Application provisions
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(1)
The amendments made by items 1 and 2 apply for the purposes of
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working out a person's qualification for a pensioner education
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supplement in respect of days on or after 1 January 2014.
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(2)
The amendments made by items 3 to 5 apply for the purposes of
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working out a person's qualification for a pensioner concession card in
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respect of days on or after 1 January 2014.
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Schedule 3 Other amendments
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Schedule 3
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Other amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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1 Paragraph 667(3)(e)
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Omit "or (4A)".
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Note:
This item removes a redundant cross-reference.
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2 Paragraph 667(4)(a)
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Omit "21", substitute "22".
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