Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), if at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this Part) the Statistician publishes:
(a) an index number of the kind referred to in subsection 84(3) or 84K(1); or
(b) an amount of the kind referred to in subsection 84L(2);
in substitution for an index number or amount previously published by the Statistician, disregard the publication of the later index number or amount for the purposes of this Part.
(2) If at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this Part), the Statistician changes the index reference period for:
(a) the All Groups Consumer Price Index referred to in subsection 84(3); or
(b) the All Groups Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index referred to in subsection 84K(1);
then, for the purposes of applying this Part after the change takes place, have regard only to index numbers published in terms of the new index reference period.
(3) If at any time the Statistician changes the reference period for amounts of the kind referred to in subsection 84L(2), then, for the purposes of applying this Part after the change takes place, have regard only to amounts published in terms of the new reference period.