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(1) The subject Federal Act shall be effective as of 1st July 1975 with the proviso that only 50 % of the funds pursuant to § 2 para 2 subpara a shall be paid.
(2) § 2 para 3 and § 3 para 4 first clause as amended by Federal Act Federal Law Gazette No 201/1996 shall be effective as of 1st January 1996. § 2 para 4 and § 3 para 5 shall be ineffective upon expiry of 31st December 1995.
(3) The title, § 2 para 3, § 2a para 2 and § 16 as amended by Federal Act Federal Law Gazette I No 130/1997 shall be effective as of 1st January 1998.
(4) § 2 para 3 and § 2a para 2 last clause as amended by Federal Act Federal Law Gazette No I 26/2000 shall be effective as of 1st January 2000.
(5) § 2 para 3 as amended by Federal Act Federal Law Gazette I No. 130/2000 shall be effective as of 1st January 2001.
(6) § 2 paras 2 and 3, § 2a para 2, § 4 para 6 subpara 11 and § 4 para 7 as amended by Federal Act Federal Law Gazette I No 136/2001 shall be effective as of 1st January 2002.
(7) § 2 para 3 and § 2a para 2 as amended by Federal Act Federal Law Gazette I No 71/2003 shall be effective as of 1st January 2003.