Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061ZI

    If a person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period, the period:

  (a)   starts on the day on which the person first became an Australian resident or a special category visa holder residing in Australia; and

  (b)   ends when the person has been both:

  (i)   an Australian resident or a special category visa holder residing in Australia; and

  (ii)   in Australia;

    for a period of, or for periods totalling, 208 weeks.