Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061ZR

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2), 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.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

  (b)   before, on or after the commencement of this subsection, the person applied for a visa that is in a class of visas determined by the Minister for the purposes of paragraph   739A(3)(b);

the waiting period:

  (c)   starts on the day on which the person applied for that visa; and

  (d)   ends when the person has been in Australia for a period of, or for periods totalling, 208 weeks after that day.