Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT ACT 2014 - SECT 53

Meaning of allowable absence

  (1)   An absence is an allowable absence in relation to farm household allowance at a particular time if, at that time, it is a temporary absence (of no longer than 6 weeks) for any of the following purposes:

  (a)   to seek eligible medical treatment;

  (b)   to attend to an acute family crisis;

  (c)   for a humanitarian purpose.

Meaning of portability period

  (2)   A person's portability period for farm household allowance, in relation to the period of absence, is the period:

  (a)   beginning at the commencement of the period of absence; and

  (b)   ending (subject to section   54) at the earlier of the following times:

  (i)   the first time during the period of absence at which the absence is not an allowable absence in relation to the payment;

  (ii)   the end of 6 weeks.

Note:   People are required (under the Social Security Administration Act) to notify changes in circumstances.